Quote of the Day
The quote of the Day -- literally -- comes from Stockwell Day, foreign affairs critic of the Canadian Conservative Party, in this AP story about Prime Minister Paul Martin's insistence that Canada has the right to control the U.S. missile defense program, even though it won't participate in it.
Stockwell Day "laughed off" Martin's demand that Washington alert Ottawa before taking out an incoming missile.
While I'm sympathetic to Canada's plight -- if anything comes at us over the top, and we knock it down, it's going to land in Canada -- a little less anti-American posturing for the sake of the home crowd might have left Martin in a better position than this.
Stockwell Day "laughed off" Martin's demand that Washington alert Ottawa before taking out an incoming missile.
"These missiles are coming in at 4 kilometers ( 2.5 miles) a second, and if the president calls the 1-800 line and gets: `Press 1 if you want English, press 2 if you want French, press 0 if nobody's there ...' I mean, it's crazy."
While I'm sympathetic to Canada's plight -- if anything comes at us over the top, and we knock it down, it's going to land in Canada -- a little less anti-American posturing for the sake of the home crowd might have left Martin in a better position than this.
