Friday, March 04, 2005

Friends calling friends out

Check out this marvelous letter from former Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Lloyd Axworthy to the new US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. My favourite part follows:

Why not discuss these issues with Canadians who understand them, and seek out ways to better cooperate in areas where we agree -- and agree to respect each other's views when we disagree.

Above all, ignore the Cassandras who deride the state of our relations because of one missile-defence decision. Accept that, as a friend on your border, we will offer a different, independent point of view. And that there are times when truth must speak to power.

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