Fallujah is not symbolic of much but a poorly executed war in Iraq. I used to be in favour of this war. I am no lomger. I did want to see Hussein fall. Looking back on a post I made when the US was looking for allies to help with the overthrow of the Iraq government, I noted that I was somewhat ashamed that Canada did not help. I was wrong to have wished we did. That was brought home to me in a roundabout way: the mad cow scare--that was America's revenge on my country for not helping in Iraq this time around. (I noted at the time, parenthetically, that even though we had been part of the UN-sanctioned Gulf War, my country's contribution was not mentioned in the various American-written accounts of that war.) The mad cow scare was America's way to punish the Canadian government and people for its transgression. Then there was SARs. We were punished again. For the record, I have no beef (bad pun) with the American people per se, but the American government can kiss my Royal Canadian Arse. I really hope the day comes when someone in Ottawa has the balls to tell the US to go fuck itself. These people are no longer our friends; at least not those represented by the Bush crew.