By Matt Gurney - from the National Post
WikiLeaks has revealed more lies about the Iraq war, this time from the Canadian government. According to CBC News:
[E]ven as [former prime minister Jean] Chretien told the Commons that Canada wouldn’t participate in Operation Iraqi Freedom, Canadian diplomats were secretly telling their U.S. counterparts something entirely different. … According to the U.S. account, [Canadian diplomat] James Wright “emphasized” that contrary to public statements by the prime minister, Canadian naval and air forces could be “discreetly” put to use during the pending U.S.-led assault on Iraq and its aftermath.
So much for Jean Chretien’s flat declaration that, “If military action proceeds without a new resolution of the [UN] Security Council, Canada will not participate.” It would have been more accurate to say, “Unless that bureaucratic monstrosity on the East River gives us some diplomatic cover, I’m going to have to get creative about how I can help the U.S. invade Iraq, without looking like I’m helping them invade Iraq.”
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