Welcome, eh!

Alaa, a longtime Iraqi blogger who has shown evenhanded criticism of the US, his own Iraqi government, and the insurgents, has landed in Canada with his family.  Of course he's an engineer, and engineers are known to be very intelligent, handsome, and all around good guys.

He's a bit surprised by Canadian opinions on Iraq.

I am encountering great misunderstanding of the situation in Iraq here in Canada. In a small way and as much as possible, I try to correct the misconceptions of people I happen to encounter, but I feel that a more serious effort is required. Perhaps when I settle down more firmly I can do more serious work to enlighten people about the real facts.

He's going to need to study up on how to talk Canukistan.

The Mesopotamian is excited and hopeful, but I hope he realizes he's going to need to learn some new words...like "brewski", "hoser", "eh!", etc.

Dress warm, hoser, eh!