Canadian "inspectors" to seek deadly U.S. weapons

Reuters ^ | 30 Jan 2003 21:33

[demlosers]

OTTAWA, Jan 30 (Reuters) - A left-leaning Canadian legislator, infuriated by what she calls Washington's hypocrisy over Iraq, said on Thursday she would lead a team of volunteer arms "inspectors" to the United States next month to seek out weapons of mass destruction.

Libby Davies, member of Parliament for the New Democratic Party, said U.S. President George W. Bush posed just as much danger to the world as Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, who faces the prospect of an imminent U.S.-led attack.

"Our action challenges the hypocrisy of the U.S. president's stance on weapons of mass destruction," she said.

"Our mission is to draw attention to the fact that there are weapons of mass destruction -- for example, about 15,000 nuclear warheads -- in the United States that pose a massive threat to global peace," she told reporters.

Davies, acting on behalf of a new international coalition called Rooting Out Evil, said the inspectors would travel to the Washington area on Feb. 22.

Coalition organizers said the United States was guilty of the same charges it had leveled against Iraq -- namely, it had massive stockpiles of deadly weapons, was ignoring the United Nations and refused to honor international treaties.

"We're following Bush's lead and demanding that the U.S. grant our inspectors immediate and unfettered access to any site in the country," said Rooting Out Evil organizer Christy Ferguson, adding the group would soon send a formal inspection request to U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.

No one was immediately available for comment at the U.S. Embassy in Ottawa.

[wimpycat]

Hey Libby! Psssssst! Over here! Here are some American WMD's down this pit over here. Yes, yes, I swear! They are right there! Well, you have to get pretty close to look...that's right....closer....closer...a little bit closer....if you look hard you can see them....*SHOVE*....oops! She slipped.

[Bismark]

Look up "hypocrisy" in the dictionary and you will see the Canadian Maple Leaf. When Britain was facing invasion by the Nazi's in 1940, the Canadians refused to allow British pilots to be sent to "Kanukistan" for training. They didn't want to violate Canada's "neutrality". Until '42, more British pilots were trained in Oklahoma and Texas than all of Canada.

I don't have much of a liking for Canada, but they were in WWII on the British side long before we were. They've gone downhill since then....

[Comus]

Yes, we have weapons of mass destruction. We don't deny it.

And we are not afraid to use them. Ask Japan.

[altayann]

Look up "hypocrisy" in the dictionary and you will see the Canadian Maple Leaf. When Britain was facing invasion by the Nazi's in 1940, the Canadians refused to allow British pilots to be sent to "Kanukistan" for training. They didn't want to violate Canada's "neutrality". Until '42, more British pilots were trained in Oklahoma and Texas than all of Canada

WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm sorry, this is PURE and UTTER B*#*&$#!.

Canada declared war on Germany on September 9th, 1939. So in no way, shape or form could Canada been concerned about its 'neutrality' in 1941 because by that point, it wasn't neutral.

Most of the British pilots of WWII were trained in Canada because of the difficulty of training pilots in Britain in between air raids.

And prior to Dec 7th, 1941, uniformed British pilots wouldn't have been caught dead training in American facilities as it would have violated America's neutrality.

If you want to complain about the NDP, that's fine by me. Naive doesn't even begin to describe them as far as I'm concerned.

But I will not, under any circumstances, allow to you get away with posting such crap as you've listed above.

My grandfather started fighting in WWII long before any of yours did, and I will not allow to smear either his memory or the honour of the the country he fought for.

[wimpycat]

Just so you'll know, not all of us feel the need to bash all Canadians and Canadian-American relations just because you have some loonies in your government. After all, we have no room to talk when it comes to having loonies in our government.

[Snowyman]

Canada, England, Australia and New Zealand created the Commonwealth Trainning Plan in 1939 and trained over 100,000 aircrew in Canada by 1945. The original poster is full of crap.

[Camerican]

Uh... dude.... Canada entered WWII in 1939. Not sure where you got your information.

As for Libby, all the dumb cow needs to do is show up at any US border crossing. I'm sure by now she is on the INS blacklist and will be barred entry to the U.S. for life. (Yes, there really is such a list. Ask Canadian socialist author Farley Mowat who, in the 1980s, faced this rather awkward circumstance shortly after he threatend to go out in his backyard and take pot shots with his .22 at any U.S. military aircraft that might fly overhead. On his next visit to the U.S., he was stopped at the border and told to turnaround.)

[Siobhan]

Yikes indeed!

[Canadian Outrage]

This woman is too stupid to slap!!

[Snowyman]

Isn't it about time to tell Canada that we can no longer afford to include them in the North American Air Defense Command,

Ok but before you do please pay your share of cleaning up the DEW line. You know, the line of radar stations built in our north that was and does give the US early warning. So far we got 300 million bucks worth of PCBs and worthless junk to clean up. Your turn.

[Political Junkie Too]

A left-leaning Canadian legislator, infuriated by what she calls Washington's hypocrisy over Iraq, said on Thursday she would lead a team of volunteer arms "inspectors" to the United States next month to seek out weapons of mass destruction.

Uhh... doesn't she need a UN resolution first? That's what we had to do.

-PJ

[rbmillerjr]

Pinko Canucks: If you want deadly weapons come to my house

[davisdoug]

The woman is obviously a segregationist. She also has litigation opportunities against the fast food industry.

[cinFLA]

A left-leaning Canadian legislator,

Left-leaning, my arse! A friggin' communist.

[moyden]

[cinFLA]

Isn't it about time to tell Canada that we can no longer afford to include them in the North American Air Defense Command, and the next time some nutjob state like North Korea fires a nuke their way, they should call the UN to protect them?

Most of the world sees these same types spouting off IN the US, also.

[gc4nra]

I have an idea! Let's save her the trouble of coming all the way down here. Why don't we just send her one!

[chance33_98]

Where were the liberals when Clinton was doing this? More of the clinton cult

The Democrats' Case Against Saddam Hussein (Dems nailed, yet again)

Headline Rundown and links on Iraq - Things the democrats have conviently forgot...

Saddam Abused His Last Chance, Clinton -clear and present danger to safety of people everywhere 1998

Gore repeats that Saddam MUST GO - June 2000

What the democrats want you to forget

Iraq is a Regional Threat, capable of as much as 200 tons of VX nerve agent (1999 Clinton report)

Czech military reports say iraq has smallpox virus in weapons stockpile (and camelpox)

2/7/1998 : Arab media: Clinton will strike due to sex scandal (&links to tons of arab news on clinton)

Iraqi chemical weapons buildup reported (Sept 2001 Report)

Clinton, Gore rally domestic support for strike at Iraq, "unholy axis" (1998 Must read)

statement President Clinton from 1998 on the air strikes

Iraq Liberation Act of 1998 - Full Text, Sense of Congress - Remove Saddam