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.

[CommonSense1stOverParty]

GMMAC,
Okay, let me re-phrase: Oh, I see. I refute your argument & the best you can come up w/ in response it to make accusations against me of being "unduly verbose moronic, vulgar, know-it-all newbie." :\
I'm not going to repeat it in here again. For an answer to your charges of "ALL canadians" & "xenophobic" see my posts where I clearly say otherwise.

conservative in nyc,
I realize & ALREADY ACKNOWLEDGED that when given the option of picking more than one choice only 1/3 picked picked an answer other than the islami muzzie terroristic hijacking murderers. Still, IMHO, 1/3 is too much. But when given a choice of picking only one the majority (esp from quebec) picked the USA.

Fair Go,
I didn't start this poll but am only responding to it. And WC was not the 1st one to place the blame as such...he is just one of many w/ him being one of the most visible. I remember on the NIGHT of 9/11 there were already individuals placing such blame.
I'm not going to repeat it in here again. For an answer to your charge of "all canadians" see my posts where I clearly say otherwise.

fanfan,
I'm not going to repeat it in here again...For an answer to your charges of "every canadian" & "all of canada" see my posts where I clearly say otherwise per my "reserve".

I at least agree w/ you on the pali's although I still "reserve the right" previously so reserved for canadians for pali's too.

BTW, stop insulting BATS w/ the term "moon-bats". Bats are actually useful on this Earth environmentally speaking & using that term insults real Bats. I feel the same in re to Weasels...I never refer to frenchies as weasels as some have b/c I actually respect real Weasels & would not insult them so. And I don't refer to the frenchies as "Cheese-Eating-Surrender-Monkeys" for the same reason...it would be an insult to real Monkeys.

I'm sorry that my non-capitalization of canada upsets you /sarc. But I do capitalize the USA, UK, Italy, Poland etc.

Scotsman will be Free,
I know it's common for the "froggie" comments but my poor real Frogs in my pond are SOOOOOOOOO insulted.

doc30,
And many also before & since then opened their homes to give aid & comfort to the deserters from the USA military which in my book Almost makes them as bad as the deserters themselves...which granted the deserters are worse but IMHO, those that aid them in their desertion are wrong too.

[CaptainCanada]

As far as I'm concerned, it's CANADIANS on the whole that have alienated themselves from the USA (as reflected poll after poll) not the other way around. Right now & for a while now too, poll after poll I see shows that the MAJORITY of canadians blame us for 9-11 OVER the terrorists & UNTIL I see a FEW polls saying otherwise I will MAINTAIN my dislike of canada but will STILL reserve the right I did above.

Kinda ironic that the 1st part of your handle is "CommonSense1st".
And it's sad to see the shallow level of thinking that goes on these days. I'm afraid that it doesn't bode well for the future of Western civilization.
Where to begin with your ramblings?....
1. You claim not to want to slam all Canadians, yet your words "CANADIANS on the whole" clearly indicate otherwise.
2. You state that "the MAJORITY of canadians blame us for 9-11" which is a lie and fabrication on your part as nowhere does any poll blame Americans for 9/11. Canadians have always differentiated between any Administrations foreign policy and America and the American people (obviously you can't or won't). Poll after poll shows that the vast majority of Canadians love America and the American people even though they may not feel that way about the current U.S. Administration.

But you feel justified to criticize and disrespect the Canadian people (on the whole) and our nation - at a time we are allies and fighting a common enemy.
The only other people I know who hate Canada are our enemies and therefore you have put yourself into their camp.
P.S. My tagline applies to you.

[Fair Go]

You are not doing yourself, the US and its allies (including Canada) one favour by the childish and pedantic stunt of spelling the name of a country without a capital.

[GMMAC]

Notice you've taken some of the more grossly moral relativist stuff off your FR home page.

Surely, it will take more than that to hide your liberal-like Trollish ways & general personae:

Case on point:
Your cowardly & juvenile vilifying & disparaging of America's friends & allies when it's plainly obvious, by definition, they're not about to do the reverse where America is concerned.

The essence of being a liberal:
“The absolute conviction that there is one set of rules for you,
and another, completely different set of rules for everyone else.” ~ Ann Coulter

[mkjessup]

Well CommonNoSense, I've been lurking and following this thread off and on, and as I see it, the best thing you can do is to scurry back into whatever hole you popped out of, because you're obviously WAY outta your league. You got your clock cleaned real good.

In the Timbits box of life, you didn't even get a crumb.

[j_tull]

Well then F*ck Canada.

[conservative in nyc]

I realize & ALREADY ACKNOWLEDGED that when given the option of picking more than one choice only 1/3 picked picked an answer other than the islami muzzie terroristic hijacking murderers. Still, IMHO, 1/3 is too much. But when given a choice of picking only one the majority (esp from quebec) picked the USA.

Please read the actual poll before commenting again. That is a mischaracterization of it. At no time were those polled asked to pick whether the 9/11 attacks were "primarily the result of" one of three choices: "a reaction of Islamic fundamentalism against the West", "Israel's actions in the Middle East", OR "U.S. foreign policy". Instead, each question was asked SEPARATELY, as if something could be primarily the result of more than one thing, probably in large part to skew the results toward the scandalous. And, as I said, more Canadians polled thought the 9/11 attacks were primarily the result of a reaction of Islamic fundamentalism (67%) than anything else (63% - U.S. foreign policy; 31% Israel).

[fanfan]

Army boots.

[fanfan]

Here's a box for you, friend.

:-)

They're fresh! Just made!

[Jorge]

Of course our foreign policy was to blame for 9/11.

The evil forces in the world absolutely hate those who do good because it opposes their agenda...which is Islamic oppression and hatred of Israel.

Doing good in this world earns the contempt of all those who side with evil. Just look at how Bush is hated.

[mkjessup]

Hot damn! Those little rascals are good, even if they are semi-officially classified as "junior fat bombs". LOL

[fanfan]

There's more fat bombs where those came from.
The ones I give you ARE calorie free, BTW!


Have a good night Mike.
:-)

[stultorum]

If we're unwilling or afraid to answer that question, we're doomed into the dustbin of history.

The truth shall set our people free.

[Squawk 8888]

In the Timbits box of life, you didn't even get a crumb.

Great tagline material there :-D

[Harrius Magnus]

It's good to see that the Canucks have a school system as strong as ours.

[GMMAC]

Bottom line(s):
Those who seek to divide us are aiding our common enemies.

Neither citizenship nor geographic locale has much, if any, bearing on liberal denial and/or stupidity.

[Scotsman will be Free]

The old "your leader sucks, but you are ok" argument. Never mind that we elected him twice. "You aren't dumbshi&s, just him."
You can put that argument up your blow hole.

[mkjessup]

In the Timbits box of life, you didn't even get a crumb.
Great tagline material there :-D

Feel free to adopt it, there are countless taglines roaming the the Al Gore Memorial Information Superhighway, and unless caring Freepers like you and I adopt them and take them into our homes (or at least our FR accounts), the carnage could be incalculable.

Thanks for caring. ;)

[GMMAC]

"You aren't dumbshi&s, just him."

Often, as in the cases of ones based upon race or gender, it's possible to test the validity of a premise by simply reversing it or merely exchanging one of its components for a very similar one.

As example, if a Canadian had sincere long-standing affection for the American people & respect for their decency as a whole, would it be logical or reasonable to totally reverse that view if a minority of Americans somehow managed to elect & then re-elect a promiscuous, morally bankrupt hillbilly sociopath as their President?

After all, in spite of Bill Clinton never receiving anything beyond minority electoral support, it still amounted to a greater plurality than virtually any Liberal government has ever received in Canada. Moreover, this truly vile individual supposedly enjoyed majority popular support at many points throughout his time in Office.

Accordingly, should the Canadian amend his original favorable view of Americans by attributing Clinton's personal degeneracy to them all or instead hold that a people's nobility transcends any manipulation and/or failure of their electoral system which plainly serves to inaccurately reflect their legitimate innate decency?

[hawkaw]

I like your comments.

You know, there are people around me - smart people who know what critical thinking is all about - that somehow have tried to twist their thinking that the USA is at fault for all of this.

I just keep using the following senario to these people - Is the survivor or a rape supposed to be blamed for wearing nice clothes instead of the rapist who broke the law? Is that what you are telling me when it comes to 9/11? - That has shut everyone of them up so far.