# How much does The World(tm) ACTUALLY care about the US elections?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-does-the-world-tm-actually-care-about-the-us-elections/435921>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [February 1, 2008, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-does-the-world-tm-actually-care-about-the-us-elections/435921 "2008-02-01T23:37:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![jovan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/0ea827/32.png) [@jovan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jovan)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2008, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-does-the-world-tm-actually-care-about-the-us-elections/435921/61 "2008-02-07T00:54:05Z")

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[QUOTE=Hostile Dialect]  
Shame on Canada for continuing to carry any weight in Iraq  
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Canada didn’t go to Iraq, at least not this time around.

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**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2008, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-does-the-world-tm-actually-care-about-the-us-elections/435921/62 "2008-02-07T01:53:38Z")

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I think he meant Afghanistan…and I think he forgot about the whole UN thingy.

-XT

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**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2008, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-does-the-world-tm-actually-care-about-the-us-elections/435921/63 "2008-02-07T16:34:28Z")

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[QUOTE=Hostile Dialect]  
Shame on Canada for continuing to carry any weight in Iraq despite being blatantly disrespected by Bush’s regime of terror, like a battered girlfriend who just keeps coming back. The difference is that Canada’s military leadership gets no sympathy from me for its situation.  
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I realize this is written in English. But I don’t understand any of it. 😕

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