Thursday, November 04, 2004
TheStar.com - Editorial: Bush win tests Canada's resolve: "Canadians cheered on Kerry by a 3 to 1 margin, feeling that he would repair relations with close allies and be less tempted down reckless paths. The Bush administration has provoked a disturbing upswing of anti-Americanism here, as elsewhere in the world. There is concern our countries are drifting apart.
If Americans have their work cut out healing wounds after a nasty campaign, Canadians and Americans together have more work to do to avert a bilateral rift. At the same time, the U.S. has fences to mend globally.
Much of the world saw Campaign 2004 as a $1.2 billion referendum on Bush's deeply flawed leadership, post 9/11, and on his use of pre-emptive war to assert U.S. interests. And the world preferred Kerry.
Bush's campaign as the 'trusty' steward of America's well-being, strained credibility. He let bin Laden slip away. He misled the U.S. into a war in Iraq on the false pretext that Saddam Hussein had ties with 9/11 terror and weapons of mass destruction. He cut taxes for the rich few while millions lost jobs, grew poor and lacked health insurance."
If Americans have their work cut out healing wounds after a nasty campaign, Canadians and Americans together have more work to do to avert a bilateral rift. At the same time, the U.S. has fences to mend globally.
Much of the world saw Campaign 2004 as a $1.2 billion referendum on Bush's deeply flawed leadership, post 9/11, and on his use of pre-emptive war to assert U.S. interests. And the world preferred Kerry.
Bush's campaign as the 'trusty' steward of America's well-being, strained credibility. He let bin Laden slip away. He misled the U.S. into a war in Iraq on the false pretext that Saddam Hussein had ties with 9/11 terror and weapons of mass destruction. He cut taxes for the rich few while millions lost jobs, grew poor and lacked health insurance."
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