New poll says most Canadians blame U.S. for 9/11 attacks

CBC News ^ | September 7, 2006 |

[jmc1969]

A majority of Canadians believe U.S. foreign policy was one of the root causes that led to the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, and Quebecers are quicker to criticize the U.S. administration for its international actions than other Canadians, a recent poll suggests.

Those conclusions are found in a newly released poll conducted by Léger Marketing for the Association for Canadian Studies.

The poll suggests that 77 per cent of Quebecers polled primarily blame American foreign policy for the Sept. 11 attacks. The results suggest 57 per cent in Ontario hold a similar view.

Canadian opinions have hardened against the United States and its role on the world stage, said Jack Jedwab, executive director of the Association for Canadian Studies. The wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have contributed to a change of heart among people, he said.

[Bahbah]

LOL. You sound, well, alot like us.

[fanfan]

LOL!

IIFC, the army boot tease is an old one, from before women served in the armed forces, hence the insult.

Now it's all "Yo Momma" jokes.

[jonrick46]

Looks like the CBC is doing its part in stupefying the Canadians people. With ignorance there is a price to pay.

[CaptainCanada]

We need not let our common cause and friendship be disrupted by those who would disrupt everything that ties our two countries together.

Agreed... Those who do try to disrupt that bond are doing the work of our common enemy.

[Scotsman will be Free]

What do you expect from french canadians? They are frogs at heart. End of story.

[fanfan]

Yo mama so stupid it took her 2 hours to watch 60 minutes

Yo mama so stupid when she saw the NC-17 (under 17 not admitted) sign, she went home and got 16 friends

Yo mama so stupid when your dad said it was chilly outside, she ran outside with a spoon

Yo mama so stupid she told everyone that she was "illegitimate" because she couldn't read

Yo mama so stupid that she puts lipstick on her head just to make-up her mind

Yo mama has so much hair on her upper lip, she braids it.

Yo mama has so many teeth missing, it looks like her tongue is in jail.

[fanfan]

LOL. You sound, well, alot like us.

Only sillier.

;-D

[mkjessup]

Your mother wears Army boots

That is a REAL old insult which I believe dates back to around the 1930's or 40's, the insult is that it suggests that the mother of the insultee in question had (in latter day terms now) much more testosterone than estrogen, i.e., not very feminine, a brute, a bore, no class, probably had a mustache, smelled bad from lack of deodorant, in other words "your mother was Helen Thomas before anybody knew about Helen Thomas", LOL!

[GMMAC]

To make it real simple, chose your reality:

New poll says most Canadians blame U.S. for 9/11 attacks

OR

Canadian-led offensive may have killed 1,500 Taliban fighters

[Rightwing Conspiratr1]

Does anyone know what specific policies prior to 2001 we had that canadians say caused the attacks?

We elected Bush instead of Gore?
We helped the Mooslums in Kosovo by bombing the Serbs?
We helped the Mooslums in Bosnia get their own jihadi state?

Oh wait... was it the Kyoto treaty?
Was it Whitney Houston?

[doc30]

A few years ago, an old friend of mine back in Canada and I got into that discussion. He said it was primarily several things. First was the first Gulf War because the U.S. violated muslim soil by setting up bases in their Holuy Land. Secondly, and more long standing, was all the military and economic support Israel gets from the U.S. He actually beielved that if the U.S. were to cut relations with Israel, then Israel could not withstand attacks from it's arab neighbors and would be eliminated, thereby bringing lasting peace to the middle east. Support for Israel is what makes muslims hate America. And then there was the support of the Shah in Iran, a brutal dictator, who was overthrown by the popular will of the people and the U.S> then supported Iraq against Iran (i.e. a brutal dictator against people who were now free from tyranny). And if a nation wants muslim law, the U.S. should not be upset because it was what the people there want. The guy has gonme from liberal to loony left and we haven't spoken since. It was all teh typical America is ahegemony telling other nations how to live so they have the right to be angry with the U.S.

[ground_fog]

CBC brainwashing has apparently worked-bash the U.S everyday in the news and it takes it's toll

[doc30]

Well, don't forget than many Canadians opened their homes to Americans they had never met before when all those flights on 9/11 were grounded so they wouldn't need to stay in hotels or shelters.

[Fair Go]

It is a fact that Canada's lunar left got the idea that the US was responsible for 9/11 from the infamous Ward Churchill. Last I heard Ward Churchill was not a Canadian. Some of them have also watched too many Michael Moore movies.

[Fair Go]

Blaming all Canadians for the sins of their left is akin to saying that all Australians are hardened criminals because the first settlers were convicts. This is the logic of fascism.

[Springman]

Hey or eh, what's this aboot? Y'all talk a lot like us down/up here. And South Park has it wrong, no flapping heads and beady eyes!!!

BTW, this was a good thread to go through, when being home sick. ff and GMMAC have beat up some poor baby seals!!

[fanfan]

LOL!

Yo mama is Helen Thomas?

Todays version of the insult?

ROFLOL!

[mkjessup]

Yo mama is Helen Thomas?

Now THAT is an insult!!!

[GMMAC]

If in truth "Yo mama is Helen Thomas" ... yo list of possible paternal candidates is downright disgustin' & frightenin' !!!

[CaptainCanada]

What???????
An "old friend of yours from Canada" turned out to be a Liberal leftie? That's almost unheard of...
Thank God all the Americans I meet in the U.S. are true blue Conservatives...