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| ShadoWolf |
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/...1221619-cp.html
British MP: Canada complicit in Iraq war
by MIKE OLIVEIRA
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. (CP) - Despite its refusal to fight in Iraq, Canada is complicit in the U.S. war on terrorism and should withdraw from Afghanistan, an outspoken left-wing British MP said Saturday.
"I'm amazed that so many people in Canada believe they're not a part of this crime," George Galloway said at the sixth annual conference of the Islamic Circle of North America and the Muslim Association of Canada.
"Canada has sent an army of 1,000 soldiers to occupy the Muslim country of Afghanistan (and ships to the Persian Gulf)," Galloway said.
"Your ships in the Gulf and your soldiers in Afghanistan are doing the dirty work of George W. Bush and Tony Blair. They are freeing American ships and soldiers to go to Fallujah and massacre the people of Iraq."
Galloway also called Canada's reputation as peacekeepers a lie, pointing to comments by Gen. Rick Hillier, who said soldiers are fighting "detestable murderers and scumbags."
Hillier has said the Canadian Forces has a job to do and that involves killing people.
"That doesn't sound very much like neutrality to me," Galloway said to a receptive crowd. "You should raise the demand to end the Canadian occupation of Afghanistan."
Galloway is known for his vocal criticism of the war in Iraq and was kicked out of the Labour Party in 2003 for urging British soldiers not to fight in the war.
He launched his own anti-war party and this year won a seat in Parliament, unseating the Labour Party incumbent.
In his speech Saturday, he repeated statements he made recently in New York about why he believes Sept. 11 happened.
"These airplanes on 9-11 may have seemed to have come out of a clear blue sky but, in fact, these monstrous mosquitoes flew out of a swamp of bitterness and hatred and anger which exists in the Muslim world (because of) the injustice of western policy," Galloway said.
"It is a crime, it is a sin, in any language, in any religion, to punish innocent people for the crimes of guilty people," he said.
"But it is a crime and a sin whether it happens in Britain or New York or Fallujah or Baghdad or Palestine or Afghanistan or anywhere else the bombs and rockets are falling." |
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| Ian^ |
| ok, first thing to know about Galloway. He's a cunt who is using the fact he gets publicity out of the war on terror to preach his bull. he's out of touch with the times and irritating to go with it, oh and he has the kind of face you'd never tire of punching :) |
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| Lepanto |
| Galloway is indeed so far insane that i'm suprised he knows what war we're fighting, but i doubt he knows what's the date. |
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| Q5echo |
has anyone read or seen the debate between him and Christopher Hitchens? it was on C-span last week and there are transcripts of it all over.
he got his ass handed to him. |
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| Lopitrance |
Wow, Canada's mighty army of 1,000 will surely suffice to Occupy Afghanistan...
And our new head military official (Gen. Rick Hiller) made those comments about "Our job is to kill people" because he believes our forces are looked on as a joke in comparisson to more powerful militaries, and lets face it, they are.
The fact is Canada helped in securing Afghanistan and we now want to help rebuild it, this dude's comments are so radical I'm suprised even the news agencies bothered listening.
I'm glad he got his ass kicked in that debate, simply because it would seem that what he's trying to do is go after a less involved nation because the more involved ones have simply rolled their eyes at him. |
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| HardTranceProd |
Galloway is not stupid. He has excellent debating skills and can hand people's asses to them.
Plus: It's always refreshing to hear some different viewpoints, especially here in America where the media is dominated 24/7 by bland, predictable, obedient coverage and "analysis." |
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| Fir3start3r |
Yea, I was going to post this too ShadoWolf...
The guy is a goof... :mad: |
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| Ian^ |
| quote: | Originally posted by Fir3start3r
Yea, I was going to post this too ShadoWolf...
The guy is a goof... :mad: |
as I said, this guys opinion is worth nothing, don't worry about people like him, there's always gonna be some |
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