At One Point Trudeau Mentioned To Me

I Was Stricken By News And Television Pictures Coming From The United States This Morning. It Is Impossible To Fully Comprehend The Evil That Would Have Conjured Up Such A Cowardly And Depraved Assault Upon Thousands Of Innocent People. There Can Be No Cause Or Grievance That Could Ever Justify Such Unspeakable Violence. Indeed, Such An Attack Is An Assault Not Only On The Targets But An Offense Against The Freedom And Rights Of All Civilized Nations.

There Will Be No Silence From Canada. Our Friendship Has No Limit. Generation After Generation We Have Traveled Many Difficult Miles Together Side By Side.

The Western World Is ... Looked Upon As Being Arrogant, Self-satisfied, Greedy And With No Limits. And Sept. 11 Is An Occasion For Me To Realize It Even More.

Good Intentions Are Not An Excuse For Maladministration Of This Magnitude.

Three Months Later, On September 5, 2001, At A Pro-am Event Preceding The Canadian Open At The Royal Montreal Golf Club, I Was Invited To Play A Round With Tiger Woods. Nothing In The Game Of Politics Had Ever Been As Nerve-racking As That Game Of Golf.