PMPM's tacky war of words with Ambassador Wilkins
In the past week, PM Paul Martin has offered some extraordinarily nasty slams against the United States government, and by inference against the American people. Quite aside from the political grandstanding involved, Mr. Martin is showing a cavalier lack of courtesy and professionalism in expressing his opinions. Rather than list a detailed recitation of Mr. Martin's remarks (particularly his sloppily-conceived attacks on the U.S. regarding greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution), I am expressing my concerns about Mr. Martin's toxic rhetoric and why I think he needs to re-evaluate the long-term impact of his rhetorical outbursts and claims. As most of the few-and-far-between readers to this blog realize (many of my readers probably being CSIS, RCMP, and Canadian and American diplomatic personnel), there are VERY FEW U.S. citizens who care about Canada. The amount of knowledge about Canada's unique society, people, government and institutions among Yanks is generally