Oh, wonderful. Jean Chretien was on ABC this morning, on This Week with George Stephanopoulos (or however he spells it).
It's not bad enough that this embarrassment has to torment his countrymen, now he's got to take it internationally.
Just kidding, George. You have a fine show; I'd rather watch FOX News Sunday, though.
Da widdle guy from Shawinigan (or however he spells it) was babbling on about how Hussein is boxed in and no threat -- surrounded by troops, tanks, airpower, he can't and daren't make a move.
Good enough, I suppose, but is Chretien proposing to keep those forces there forever, or at least until Hussein's squalid Tikriti (or however he spells it) regime topples of its own weight?
Surely he'd be willing to contribute, say, a brigade of Canadian armor or infantry to help stand watch?
Oh, right, there isn't any Canadian brigade to contribute.
Thanks for your wisdom, Jean. That gentle rustle that you hear across America was the sussuration of a million TV clickers clicking off as soon as your name was announced.
America doesn't know who you are, and why the hell should it?