[RACooper]

Oh lets see...

Well lets look at what Canada did on/following 9/11 shall we?

*Okay immediately shut-down all flights like the FAA? check

*Accept flights turned back from US and house passengers? check

*Have police guard both mosques and US consulates/embassies? check

*Support the US action in Afghanistan? check

*Support UN resolution to involve international troops in Afghanistan? check

*Commit forces to help rebuild Afghanistan/Hunt down remaining Taliban and Osama? check

Where Canada disagreed with the US was what happened next - the whole Iraq thing. Our own intelligence saw no link between Al Queda and Saddam (quite the opposite in fact), and the power-point presentation that the ambassador gave wasn't convincing either.

As for my comments in the Who would Osama vote for thread: Everything started out okay with massive amounts of material, men, and money being thrown at the goal of eliminating Osama, Al Queda and it's supporters. But then this Iraq thing drew away men, material, and money (Bush cut funding) as well as stirring up even more distrust and hatred of the US and west in the region. Now the Taliban is making inroads again in Afghanistan. In effect I see that while Bush did serious damage to Al Queda in the beginnning, his Iraq campaign has only done good for terrorists lately. Finally I fully believe the maxim "Better the Devil you know" - The Bush Administration is understood; Kerry's is an unknown (could be more effective or not), so if I was an enemy I would want Bush to be in power because he is a known element......