# Bush snubs Canada **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 21, 2001, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-snubs-canada/83000 "2001-09-21T13:43:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![schplebordnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@schplebordnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/schplebordnik)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2001, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-snubs-canada/83000/21 "2001-09-22T04:34:58Z")
It ain’t just Bush. Rather and Liebermann did the same. Just posted a thread on it. Now, if I could only figure out how to link to it… ---
**Author:** ![MysterEcks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@MysterEcks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysterEcks)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2001, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-snubs-canada/83000/22 "2001-09-22T04:48:51Z")
I really don’t think it was intentional–Bush and his writers just plain screwed up. I regret that…and I want to thank Canada and its people for their support in all this. And to show my gratitude, I’ll offer to give **Mr Carpenter** to any Canadian who will promise to keep him from returning to the US by any means necessary. ---
**Author:** ![Venoma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c4cdca/32.png) [@Venoma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Venoma)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2001, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-snubs-canada/83000/23 "2001-09-22T11:48:10Z")
Hell no, you can keep him. Maybe we can trick the Chinese into thinking he’s a spy and they’ll take him. ---
**Author:** ![Billy\_Rubin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/billy_rubin/32/3622_2.png) [@Billy\_Rubin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billy_Rubin)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2001, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-snubs-canada/83000/24 "2001-09-22T19:45:24Z")
But I don’t see the Bush speech as intentionally doing that; Maybe I’m reading too much into this, but could it just be that Bush was trying to send a message? A message of Hey, I know G.B. may be a closer, tastier, more vulnerable looking next target, but don’t even THINK of fucking with them because we’re standing right next to them, ok? Again, maybe I’m reading too much into that, but it certainly seems the kind of thing that would be appropriate to do. And leaving Canada out was, I think, completeley unintentional, and certainly free from malice. YMMV. B. ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Carpenter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@Mr\_Carpenter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Carpenter)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2001, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-snubs-canada/83000/25 "2001-09-22T20:00:51Z")
So who’s snubbing Canada??? ---
**Author:** ![tisiphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@tisiphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tisiphone)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2001, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-snubs-canada/83000/26 "2001-09-22T20:39:48Z")
And frankly, since a plane that was believed to be hijacked nearly landed in MY lap over all this, let me say this: 😛 And again: 😛 The Alaskan governer knew it was no such thing long before we did and did not bother informing us as soon as he got the information (Whitehorse Star, Sept 13,2001). The plane was on the ground before the situation was clarified. Wouldja guys do us a favor and administer a political _smack_ to this dude? **Venoma** , I have been slowly realizing it comes down to one thing. If you can’t find anyone worth voting for, ya gotta run. Like **matt\_mcl**. Bush is still mad at Rick Mercer. 😃 And **Slip** , please refer to Canadian military history. We’re a joke till it actually hits the fan. Then we’re one of the best in the world. Refer to Ypres, Vimy Ridge, and the Battle for Britain. The war of 1812 was fought to a standstill, AFAICT. The general that tried to get the world’s attention in time to stop the Rwandan massacre was Canadian. There’s more, but I’m not really a student of military history. There aren’t many of us, but when somebody finally pisses us off enough to stop hassling each other over what language we use, Bad Things Happen to them. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-snubs-canada/83000.md?page=1)