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Posted on 04/24/2009 6:33:12 PM PDT by rabscuttle385
WASHINGTON — Former Republican presidential candidate John McCain on Friday said he believed some of the 9/11 hijackers entered the United States from Canada, triggering a new round of frustration and anger among Canadian government officials only days after a similar remark by U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano.
McCain, an Arizona senator who has championed free trade ties with Canada, told Fox News Napolitano was accurate when she suggested the terrorists responsible for the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on New York and Washington crossed into the U.S. across the Canadian border.
"Well, some of the 9/11 hijackers did come through Canada, as you know," McCain said when asked if he was worried Napolitano was misinformed.
The comment prompted the Canadian embassy in Washington to contact McCain's office to set the record straight — as it did with the homeland security secretary earlier in the week.
"We did ask the Senator to correct his comments at the earliest opportunity," said one embassy official.
When told of McCain's remark, Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty expressed exasperation at the persistence of the 9/11 myth despite years of efforts by Canada to inform U.S. lawmakers it is not true.
"It is unfortunate that what is a statement that is not true is repeated from time to time. It's just factually wrong," said Flaherty, who was in Washington for meetings of the G7 and G20 finance ministers.
"The secretary (Napolitano) the other day made clear she was mistaken when she said the same thing. So I would hope people wouldn't want to make statements that are inaccurate so we don't hear much of that anymore."
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Stick a fork in this doddering old gasbag - he’s done.
I can’t believe I voted for that POS. Well, I voted for Sarah, but to have McCain on the ticket was a new low for the GOP.
If everyone here would send Chris Simcox a small check, we could retire Juan McAmnesty.
Gads, that idiot sucks big time.
How, oh how, did the Repulsicans ever nominate this clown?
Arizona, it’s up to you. Fire this jerk...and save your reputation else you be regarded with the same mirth as Massachusetts.
Its CRITICAL that this loser get blown away in the primaries.
If he's nominated, do the unthinkable - vote Democrat.
He is the loosest cannon in American political history. He makes Joe Biden look like a genius.
This is silly. It’s very easy to prove where they came from; just look at their entry records.
I’m not going to do it, because I value my job. But before politicians open their mouths and state something as fact they should do a little checking.
Nice going McCain. You can thank Sarah for giving you a respectable voter turnout for your ticket. We all voted for Sarah.
Send Simcox the Check, make a copy, mail the copy to McCain and the RNC.
Repeat with Toomey who is ruinning agfainst the dirtbag Specter in PA.
I always vote libertarian in protest. Haven’t voted for McCain since 1992. The Democrats only nominate token opposition. They want Juan to win as long as it isn’t for president.
I thought Mohamed Atta had some Canadian connection. What was it?
I swear, I think this man swore to himself while he was a POW that if he got free he would come back and ruin the Republican party from within. As Nixon was President, I think he blames him totally.
McCain: I respect your service and am sorry for what you had to go through as a POW, it is time for you to retire and get some needed rest. Your mind is not what it used to be, nor is mine. Go home to Arizona and leave the rest of us alone.
Does any body know where these murderous bastards entered?
Why are we in this conversation ? Does this some how absolve the democrats from the first attack on the world trade bldgs ? the Cole? The murder in Africa to our troops?
Shouldn’t the focus be on the Killers?
What a dick
It was by design.The new world order types need to wreck this country to make it ripe for a take over...from within.
Congressman Billybob
Latest article, "Homeland Security's Unsecure Secretary"
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Go crawl into some hole you RINO. You're an embarrassment.
At least twelve of the hijackers arrived via international flights (none from Canada, although several flew through Dubai, out of London, and Atta from Prague) to U.S. airports (Miami, Orlando, Newark, New York-JFK, Washington-Dulles). One terrorist (Hanjour) apparently traveled to Canada at one point, but that was the only Canadian connection I could find by digging through Wikipedia citations (linking directly to U.S. Government Web sites).
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