A few days ago i read an article which was talking about a poll that was taken in Canada which said that a majority of Canadians believe that the U.S. and it’s policies are the primary causes that led to the Sept, 11 2001 attacks! Only when given a chance to name a second culpret did the respondents say that Islamic fundamentalists were to blame. Many also believed that Israel was to blame for Sept 11.
According to Jack Jedwab, executive director of the Association for Canadian Studies, Canadian opinions have hardened against the United States and it’s role on the world stage and this is a result of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Apparently there is an ideological divide in Canada (as in the U.S.) of whether their government should listen to extremist groups in the hope that dialogue can be achieved.
…I hardly know where to begin. What is interesting about this article is the sheer illogic of it. Canada leans, to the point of falling over, to the left. Canada is very liberal and so I assume that the poll is reflective of this. So whats the point?
If the liberalism of Canada is taken into account then the recent (within 3 years) uproar of anti-Americanism because of our policy on Terror and our armed forces in Iraq is consistent with the far-left in this country and it’s severe criticism of Bush and the Republicans. The left in Canada through this poll are simply echoing the feelings of the liberals in the U.S. and Europe.
The problem for the left here is that the poll says that Canadians believe that it was U.S. foreign policy that led to the 9-11 attacks! Foreign policy before 9-11 was a construction of the Clinton Administration the supposed great leader of the Democratic party and great liberal leader in the world.
So in their blind anger at the Bush Adminstration they have basically said that the policies of Clinton were really responsible for the 9-11 attacks.
So there are only two ways to explain this either those who took the poll are idiots or they are so angry in the here-and-now that they discount the facts of the past and are quick to find any way to blame the U.S. for any and everything they possibly can.
I tend to believe it’s a little of both, blaming the 9-11 attacks on the U.S. is akin to blaming the holocaust on the Jews! Is stupidity it self! But it does indicate the blinding anger inherent in the far-left, and make no mistake Canada is far-left.
