This War In Iraq Is Part Of

Our Ties Are Deep And Long-standing. We Are Dependent On Each Other. And No Matter What The Issue Of The Day, Whether It Be Softwood Lumber, Whether It Be A War In Iraq, We Need To Continue To Work Together.

We Want To Look At How We Would Respond Because, As Hard As We Work To Prevent Terrorist Attacks Here North America, If We Have A Catastrophic Terrorist Attack, It Is The Military That Is Going To Have To Go In At The Request Of Civilian Authorities.

We Know That If Al Queda Or One Of These Terrorist Organizations Were To Get A Weapon Of Mass Destruction From Iraq, That They Would Have No Hesitation About Using It To Catastrophic Consequences; The Potential Is For Hundreds Of Thousands Of Casualties.

We Believe, As The President Has Indicated, That This Combination Of A Rogue State That Possesses Weapons Of Mass Destruction And Has Known Ties To Terrorist Organizations, Is A Grave Threat To The People Of The United States And To Other Countries Around The World.

Ironically, The Canadian Naval Vessels, Aircraft And Personnel In The Persian Gulf I Mentioned Earlier Who Are Fighting Terrorism Will Provide More Support Indirectly To This War In Iraq Than Most Of The 46 Countries That Are Fully Supporting Our Efforts There.