France is no ally. Not of the US, not of the [link|http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Dec2003/n12112003_200312115.html|common people in Iraq]. An ally of Saddam, yes. And by extension, therefore, of terrorism and repression.

We should probably cut parts of Canada some slack. That cretin Chretien may not speak for anglophone Canada. But this geopolitical fiction of Canada as a nation mucks things up something awful.

Now if Upper Canada would just ditch Quebec, a lot of things would become much simpler. A great many vexing problems would simply vanish.