Welcome to another edition
of Who's your Ally!
That George, he’s done it again.
The President of the United States gave one of his legendary lists of the allies’ speech Wednesday, a little Churchillian effort designed to let the Afghani’s know who’s really on their side.
Bush rattled off the names of those nations rallying to the cause, such erstwhile supporters such as Norway, Lithuania, the Czech Republic and Finland, to name a few. They apparently are all participants ready by name, if not by deed in the cause of Afghani assistance.
However, once again the nation up in the attic of America, got the short shrift, neglected in the speech, apparently destined to be the forgotten partner in the fight against Talibanic tyranny.
It’s not the first time that George has forgotten to mention his Northern flank, in fact it’s becoming a down right common occurrence that the President will take to rattling of the names of those countries he recognizes as "gettin' it", only to seemingly lose his place when he gets to the C’s.
It’s beginning to be a rather common occurrence of unelightened thought from our neighbour to the south. Particularly when you consider the size of the Canadian contingent in Afghanistan and the fact that our troops seem to be in the zones where there’s actually fighting going on, unlike more than a few of those mentioned NATO allies, countries that are sitting things out in relative comfort on a base without actual contact with Afghan citizens let alone Taliban or Al Qaeda fighters.
While we tend to be hyper sensitive to slights by our giant continental partner to the south, this pattern seems to be a constant theme in the Bush presidency. While we aren’t looking for a pat on the head or anything, a little recognition from time to time might at least give us the feeling that we’re involved in something worthwhile. Especially when you consider the supreme sacrifices that Canadians have made in that part of the world.
If nothing else we’d at least like to be placed a little higher on the depth charts than those nations that are providing taxi services, laundry pick up and luncheon specials, come to think of it, we'd actually like to be placed on the depth chart!
The President of the United States gave one of his legendary lists of the allies’ speech Wednesday, a little Churchillian effort designed to let the Afghani’s know who’s really on their side.
Bush rattled off the names of those nations rallying to the cause, such erstwhile supporters such as Norway, Lithuania, the Czech Republic and Finland, to name a few. They apparently are all participants ready by name, if not by deed in the cause of Afghani assistance.
However, once again the nation up in the attic of America, got the short shrift, neglected in the speech, apparently destined to be the forgotten partner in the fight against Talibanic tyranny.
It’s not the first time that George has forgotten to mention his Northern flank, in fact it’s becoming a down right common occurrence that the President will take to rattling of the names of those countries he recognizes as "gettin' it", only to seemingly lose his place when he gets to the C’s.
It’s beginning to be a rather common occurrence of unelightened thought from our neighbour to the south. Particularly when you consider the size of the Canadian contingent in Afghanistan and the fact that our troops seem to be in the zones where there’s actually fighting going on, unlike more than a few of those mentioned NATO allies, countries that are sitting things out in relative comfort on a base without actual contact with Afghan citizens let alone Taliban or Al Qaeda fighters.
While we tend to be hyper sensitive to slights by our giant continental partner to the south, this pattern seems to be a constant theme in the Bush presidency. While we aren’t looking for a pat on the head or anything, a little recognition from time to time might at least give us the feeling that we’re involved in something worthwhile. Especially when you consider the supreme sacrifices that Canadians have made in that part of the world.
If nothing else we’d at least like to be placed a little higher on the depth charts than those nations that are providing taxi services, laundry pick up and luncheon specials, come to think of it, we'd actually like to be placed on the depth chart!
For the benefit of the President and his handlers, here's a few entries from Thesaurus.com, they provide a bit of background on how he's handling the contributions of the northern half of his grand alliance..
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