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I agreed that we should have pursued all avenues possible through the US first. Peaceful solutions should always be the first priority.
However, when the US and UK declared war, we should have switched gears. Both of these nations are our primary allies.
I can't think of an effective federal government in Canada or the US in the last 25 years. Brian Mulroney sold Canada off to a few companies and some corrupt Asian governments. Chretien didn't take back the nation, but continued to sell us off, punishing us with "Free Trade" which was actually unilateral trade with conditions primed against Canada.
Reagan? He took credit for the "go-go" '80's boom economy, hoping we'd be fooled with some "supply side" economics garbage. In fact, the US (And Canadian) economies were built on false paper values, with a shrinking manufacturing base. What happened to the "supply side" revolution by 1990 as recession came crashing in?
Bush didn't have time to wreck things, and occupied his time with the Gulf War. Clinton rode in and blamed the recession on Bush, and galloped his horsie into the White House. What did Clinton do? Watched a "new" economy build itself based on a fake paper base called "the technology revolution" or "the new economy" or "the knowledge based economy" or whatever dumb-assed name you want. Whatever the name, it was destined to crash when people realized that they'd overpaid for stock in companies that didn't make anything, and would never make anything, including profits. Clinton also kept entering into unilateral trade agreements ("Free Trade", but really not free) that punished US citizens.
Bush Jr. followed Dad's legacy of taking over just as the economic bubble was bursting.
In the 25 years I've been following politics, I have yet to see a "major" politician that left a lasting legacy behind that didn't consist of greed, corruption, and self-interest.
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