you would certainly get some lively discussion! (althought I thought that the Night of the Long Knives was a purge enacted by Hitler in the 1930's).
although I grew to detest his personality (pugilistic, trivial) I think that I have to recognize the efforts of Chretien in maintaining national unity. We may be oblivious to the potential outcome, but the fact that Chretien kept us out of Iraq, in the same year as a provincial election in Quebec, may have served to have defused yet another round unity struggle and anxiety for us Canadians.
Wheels within Wheels!
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