Fw: Canadian editorial

[Ron Bracklow]

Subject: Fwd: Canadian editorial



>This, from a Canadian newspaper, is worth
sharing.
>America: The Good Neighbor.
>
>Widespread but only partial news coverage was
given recently to a
>remarkable editorial broadcast from Toronto by
Gordon Sinclair, a Canadian
>television commentator. What follows is the full
text of his trenchant
>remarks as printed in the Congressional Record:
>
>
>"This Canadian thinks it is time to speak up for
the Americans as the most
>generous and possibly the least appreciated
people on all the earth.
>Germany, Japan and, to a lesser extent, Britain
and Italy were lifted out
>of the debris of war by the Americans who poured
in billions of dollars and
>forgave other billions in debts. None of these
countries is today paying
>even the interest on its remaining debts to the
United States. When France
>was in danger of collapsing in 1956, it was the
Americans who propped it
>up, and their reward was to be insulted and
swindled on the streets of
>Paris. I was there. I saw it. When earthquakes
hit distant cities, it is
>the United States that hurries in to help. This
spring, 59 American
>communities were flattened by tornadoes. Nobody
helped. The Marshall Plan
>and the Truman Policy pumped billions of dollars
into discouraged
>countries. Now newspapers in those countries are
writing about the
>decadent, warmongering Americans. I'd like to see
just one of those
>countries that is gloating over the erosion of
the United States dollar
>build its own airplane. Does any other country in
the world have a plane to
>equal the Boeing Jumbo Jet, the Lockheed
Tri-Star, or the Douglas DC10? If
>so, why don't they fly them? Why do all the
International lines except
>Russia fly American Planes? Why does no other
land on earth even consider
>putting a man or woman on the moon? You talk
about Japanese technocracy,
>and you get radios. You talk about German
technocracy, and you get
>automobiles. You talk about American technocracy,
and you find men on the
>moon - not once, but several times - and safely
home again. You talk about
>scandals, and the Americans put theirs right in
the store window for
>everybody to look at. Even their draft-dodgers
are not pursued and hounded.
>They are here on our streets, and most of them,
unless they are breaking
>Canadian laws, are getting American dollars from
ma and pa at home to spend
>here. When the railways of France, Germany and
India were breaking down
>through age, it was the Americans who rebuilt
them. When the Pennsylvania
>Railroad and the New York Central went broke,
nobody loaned them an old
>caboose. Both are still broke. I can name you
5000 times when the Americans
>raced to the help of other people in trouble. Can
you name me even one time
>when someone else raced to the Americans in
trouble? I don't think there
>was outside help even during the San Francisco
earthquake. Our neighbors
>have faced it alone, and I'm one Canadian who is
damned tired of hearing
>them get kicked around. They will come out of
this thing with their flag
>high. And when they do, they are entitled to
thumb their nose at the lands
>that are gloating over their present troubles. I
hope Canada is not one of
>those."
>
>
>Stand proud, America!
>
>This is one of the best editorials that I have
ever read regarding the
>United States. It is nice that one man realizes
it. I only wish that the
>rest of the world would realize it. We are always
blamed for everything,
>and never even get a thank you for the things we
do. I would hope that each
>of you would send this to as many people as you
can and emphasize that they
>should send it to as many of their friends until
this letter is sent to
>every person on the web. I am just a single
American/U.S. citizen that has
>read this. I SURE HOPE THAT A LOT MORE READ IT
SOON.

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