As far as losing my national pride, I'm not sure what to call it... the federal government is almost completely ineffective and a great part of that reason is the voting public that allowed it to become so. It's a vicious circle when I start thinking towards who should I be venting my anger towards.
For the seperatist movement, yeah I might've overstepped there a bit. The movement is on life support, but the Bloc is still in Parliament in (too?) great numbers.
I respect my fellow Canadians and I know many who are against this war. I take issue, however, with those who can't advance any argument other than "war is bad" and then immediately following that with some anti-American catch phrase.
I hope for all involved that the war is a short and successful one. I will cringe when I see innocent Iraqi victims, be sad to hear of friendly casualties, and hope that Iraqi troops surrender in droves so that they can enjoy a free Iraq in their lifetime and not die for regime whose days are counted.
War is a necessary evil. It's better to pass the kidney stone than to let it fester...
