Intrepid did not go to an Igloo school? Does intrepid know that Blatham is from the Vancouver area?
I know that there are some decent schools in Canada. Even Canada has some good schools.
When I referenced
http://ed.sjtu.edu.cn/rank/2005/ARWU2005_Top100.htm
I discovered that Canada actually has 2 (TWO) schools listed in the top 50( fifty) of the Top 500 World Universities--U. Toronto in 24th Place and U British Columbia---37th Place.
Of course, the USA lists 40( forty) of its universities among the top fifty.
It is entirely possible, Mr.Intrepid, that if Canadian Educators want to learn how to set up the most outstanding Universities in the world, they need to come to the USA.
Mr. Blatham, in my opinion, has majored in two courses--
Gasbaggery 101
and
Superciliousness 2000
He writes about the Middle East with what he thinks is authority and he does not even know who and what the Twelfth Imam is and stands for!!
He should get down off his high horse!!!
But Mounties never do that, do they?