Blame Canada Indeed

I recently read that Canada may join the United States in a war against Iraq without the UN’s endorsement! Man, I leave the country for a couple of years and everybody becomes a gun-toting expansionist! What the Reuters is wrong with the Canadian government?

As you can imagine, I’m somewhat chagrined. I dashed off the following letter to our honourable (I use the title ironically) Minister of Defence and my local MP, the unsinkable Hedy Fry. If you feel the same way, I encourage you to do likewise. It’s hardly Johnsonian prose, but it’s the thought that counts:

Dear Minister McCallum:

I’m deeply disappointed in the government for which I voted. I recently read where you indicated that Canada might become involved in a war on Iraq without United Nations endorsement. It shames me as a Canadian to think that we might take the same shameful path as our militant, moronic neighbours to the south.

While I’m wholeheartedly against a war in Iraq, I understand the realities of international politics and membership in the UN. That said, if our nation goes to war without UN backing, I will hold you responsible. Needless to say, I also won’t be supporting the Liberal party in the next election.

While my current address is Irish, I’ll be returning to my native Vancouver in a couple of months. I hope that I don’t have to step off the plane and into an anti-war protest.

Sincerely,
Darren Barefoot