We are so lucky in this country and
you’re so lucky being able to go down
the street to a school and take courses.
You are safe at your own home and
that’s what was happening in Kuwait
when all of a sudden an invading force
came in with tanks and destroyed
their neighbourhood.
They had to go underground.
They feared for their lives.
There may be similar situations in
Syria at the moment.
How would you feel?
You would say,
“Can’t somebody come and help us,
can’t somebody do something about this.
They’re destroying our country in front of
our very eyes and we have to hide,
what can anybody do?”
And the international community said
you know you’re right, they shouldn’t
have invaded you, you’re a sovereign country.
We’re going to say you
can’t do that Iraq.
You cannot do that, not only that leave and
if you don’t leave we’re going to
force you out using force.
And I think they negotiated for quite a while,
they gave them deadlines,
they gave a final deadline and said
you don’t leave by this time frame
we’re going to force you out.
And Canadians were part of that in a way that
they said ya, that’s the right thing to do.
And yes people died because of it but
we were part of insuring that the Iraqis
were kicked out of Kuwait and they were.
And they were on the run.
And in a way it was a very incisive
operation that took not a lot of time and
it worked and it paved the way for the
way the world looks at a war in a way.
It wasn’t a six year affair, it was a very
incisive war and I think the best way to
explain to Canadians that it was all
worth it was a huge card that we got
from the children of Kuwait
on the way back home that said,
“Thank you for getting our country back!”