MARK STEYN on the Chretien / Musharraf connection:

The Liberal Party of Canada, on the other hand, seems to reckon you can insult the Yanks with impunity while being utterly dependent on them. Some of us — on the “right,” as Lawrence Martin sees it — figure it would be honourable for Mr. Chrétien to put his mouth where Canada’s money is. But he can’t do that. He’s in the position of General Musharraf: Political reality necessitates being pro-American, or at least not overtly anti-American, but the inclinations of Ms. Parrish and many other of his supporters are to jump up and down shouting “Death to the Great Satan!” This is par for the course in a basket case like Pakistan, but it’s not really healthy for what’s supposed to be a stable, settled Western democracy. . . .

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