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Contributor: df
Date: 2003-01-26 23:50:07
Yes, this is well-said, in my opinion. The U.S. killed somewhere between 2 and 3 million people in Vietnam without so much as an apology. It depends on arms proliferation to prop up its economy. It has played a huge role in making the world a powder keg. It is setting a new policy of initiating pre-emptive war against any perceived threat to its supremacy. It holds huge stocks of chemical, biological and nuclear weapons. It is undermining civil rights the world over in the name of freedom. It has one of the highest incarceration rates in the world.
I'd prefer to see Canada take the role of peace advocate. I was proud, for example, of the work Canada did to attempt to ban land mines. Certainly there is plenty more to be done in this kind of direction.
Even if Hussein is a villain (he is, no doubt), Canada's participation in a war would be only symbolic. It's America that has the well-tuned killing machine. We are only forced into participation to lend legitimacy to their war-mongering.
Better to build up our trade relations with other countries so that we are not so dependent on America. Better to put our weight behind peace than war.
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