when US Ambassador Celucci chastized Canada for not supporting the US on IRaq, he said that the US would come to Canadas aid if it needed help, (although we were 3-4 years into both ww1 and 2 before the US joined)

essentially he said Canada would lose out economically on because of Chretiens decision - which we are already -
never mind the fact Canada has lost soldiers in Afghanistan, (We didnt get attacked in 911) the 30% lumber tarrif still stands (despite nafta rulings against it).

- the irony is the US went after Iraq, when the real terror exporters are Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan with their extreme Islamist schools.
And when AQ Khan the father of the Pakistani Nuclear bomb, openly admitted to sharing nuclear weapons plans - and a IAEA recently turned up a secret underground market for manufacturing nuke components, missiles etc and selling them to the highest bidder - between Libya, Pakistan, NKorea. ANd Musharraf immediately pardoned
Khan (meaning there can be no investigation) there was not a peep from the US state dept.

the threat from Iraq is laughable in comparison. Now theyre talking about Canada joining in the anti-missile shield, spending billions on an unproven technology, which will not prevent a bomb smuggled in on a fishing boat entering ny harbour, or a civilian transport plane. THeyd be better off spending the money on improving the gulf between the poorest nations and the west. But then BUsh famously told Senator Biden when he proposed spending 50,000 US$ on schools in Afghanistan,
'I dont do nuance'