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2003-07-24 Great White North

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Posted by Fred Pruitt 2003-07-24 14:52|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11133 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "Let's ask the Americans for help!"

Dialing sounds...

"Well, what did they say?"

"They haven't answered yet, the phone just keeps ringing and ringing."

Posted by Laurence of the Rats 2003-7-24 3:14:17 PM|| 2003-7-24 3:14:17 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Ambassador: "I think it's time to start mending fences."
Chretian: "With Iran?"
Ambassador: "No, with our nice neighbor to the south!"

Posted by Old Patriot 2003-7-24 3:23:39 PM|| [http://users.codenet.net/mweather/default.htm] 2003-7-24 3:23:39 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Lets not hit our Canadian friends too hard. They in the govt may be waking up from a long slumber, and do not have all their faculties firing yet (heh heh). Nothing like something bad hitting home. The Iranian govt needs to feel the heat from this as well as for being the Hospitality House for Al and the Qaedas. Plus heat applied liberally for the U reprossessing and Bushehr Plute Generator. Add some more for student unrest and underpinnings can get shook. The beginnings of a real Paraiah image. This is for the long haul, folks.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2003-7-24 3:24:51 PM|| 2003-7-24 3:24:51 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 If I remember correctly, I think the Foreign Affairs Minister said that this incident is not worth straining diplomatic relations over. It is the victim's family's insistance that put the drive into this from the beginning. If it wasn't for this, the gov't would be all too happy to say "well, it says so in your passport, if you visit a country of your other citizenship, don't expect help from us!"

Posted by Rafael 2003-7-24 3:35:31 PM|| 2003-7-24 3:35:31 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Since everyone else in the world seems to have a short memory, I would like to mention that our neighbors to the north helped Americans get out of Iran when the Ayatollahs took over in '79. They hid them out from the mobs in the Canadian Embassy, clothed them, gave them showers, fed them, gave them Canadian passports, and gave them a plane ride out. If I remember corectly, they also gave them Canadian Whiskey to fortify their spirits when they got them into the embassy. Not quite Jack Daniels, but still....In my book, that qualifies them for a lot of forbearance.

Posted by Anonymous Troll 2003-7-26 12:37:59 AM|| 2003-7-26 12:37:59 AM|| Front Page Top

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