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Monday September 16 11:45 AM EST
Chretien Again Ties Sept. 11 to Western Policies

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Prime Minister Jean Chretien, reigniting a furor sparked when he linked the Sept. 11 attacks to U.S. and Western arrogance, again on Monday tied the bombings to a marginalization of the world's poor.

Addressing the U.N. General Assembly, he said leaving Africa on the margins of the globalization process and excluding most Africans from the mainstream of society were "profoundly contrary to the global interest."

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seymour-glass.livejournal.com

although i believe in many ways jean has outlived his term as prime minister, i'll have to give him a tremendous amount of credit on this...he has impressed me greatly not only with recgonizing where the problem stems, but for having the courage to say so...expecially in the americans own backyard and in front of the world...he has my full support on this...and a big trudeau salute to all those who attack him for it...

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seymour-glass.livejournal.com

you can get the full text of the speech on canada.com...

chretien's speech...

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mbarrick.livejournal.com

You should see the moronic debates that trail off of these artices on the Yahoo news site.

Personally I've always liked Chrétien, sure he is no Trudeau, but he's certainly not a stupid man (unlike a certain trained chimp (http://www.bushorchimp.com)). I'll never forget his comeback when Mulroney slagged his speach impediment in parliament, "I may only talk out of one side of my mouth, but at least I don't talk out of both."

Let's hear it for Prime Minister Poutine (http://archive.nandotimes.com/election2000/story/0,3977,500177450-500232052-501130827-0-nandotimes,00.html)!

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seymour-glass.livejournal.com

yeh i thought he was rather clever when they slagged his speech impediment...i've always liked chretien too (and true no trudeau but who is?)...and the pathetic letters to the editor in the sun were enough for me...