for the love of the penguin

[Eric Dunbar]

On 14/12/06, Derek Broughton <news at pointerstop.ca> wrote:
> Renaud (Ron) Olgiati wrote:
>
> > On Thursday 14 December 2006 15:09, my mailbox was graced by a missive
> >  from Derek Broughton <news at pointerstop.ca> who wrote:
> >
> >> Do you think a single member of the American public, or more than
> >> half-a-dozen members of the American administration even noticed?
> >
> > IMOHO it was a low kick at the US, straight in the Monroe Doctrine.
>
> Sorry, but you're not here.  Americans couldn't care less about Quebec
> separatism.  When they think about it at all, it's "Divide & conquer" -
> they can only imagine a divided Canada benefits them.  It was a low kick at
> Canadian federalists.

At the risk of wading into yet another complete OT thread...

When de Gaulle made his statement international relations were very
different. This was before the US had made real strides towards
becoming a theocracy and before either country had started paying
greater attention to the rest of the world.