September 23, 2006
More commentary from cyf-talk...
From: [Name Withheld]
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Sent: September 18, 2006 8:39:59 AM
To: cyf-talk@yahoogroups.com
Subject: (cyf-talk) For the good of the country
On Sunday, I very much wanted to shake Michael Ignatieff's hand.
The true political culture of the Liberal Party of Canada showed itself when Stephane Dion and Bob Rae both attacked and smeared Ignatieff for daring to support regime change and intervention in Iraq and Afghanistan.
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20060917/lib_debate_060917/20060917?hub=Canada
As I have often pointed out, bitching about Iraq is the new Canadian politico pastime. It's never done with regard for the facts of the situation in Iraq. Rae and Dion never once came out and made a statement about the honest and obvious logical fallout of their own positions - that they believe that the people of Iraq should still be under Saddam Hussein's torturous and genocidal regime. . .
Instead, as always, all foreign policy discussions are more simplified than a Barney video. Either you're against any action on Afghanistan and Iraq or you're madly in love with all things to do with George W. Bush. It's sicko. It's really stupid. It's dishonest.
I liked Ignatieff's response:
"I don't stand with George Bush. I stand with the independence and freedom of the Kurdish and Shia people and believe that one day they will push this country out of the ditch."
I don't know what the average armchair smarmy is going to do when George W. Bush -- the president they love to hate and the president they love to tie all things towards -- is done. They'll go through withdrawal symptoms. They'll be shakier than a crack addict on the International Space Station. They'll need a new bogeyman.
While I support the Harper government, For the sake of knowing that whatever happens in any nearby federal election that we will have a solid and relatively consistent foreign policy, I hope that Ignatieff wins their leadership.
Of course, it is precisely because Ignatieff stands on principle and not on the cheap smear politics employed by Dion and Rae than he will probably lose.
Reply-To: cyf-talk@yahoogroups.com
Sent: September 18, 2006 8:39:59 AM
To: cyf-talk@yahoogroups.com
Subject: (cyf-talk) For the good of the country
On Sunday, I very much wanted to shake Michael Ignatieff's hand.
The true political culture of the Liberal Party of Canada showed itself when Stephane Dion and Bob Rae both attacked and smeared Ignatieff for daring to support regime change and intervention in Iraq and Afghanistan.
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20060917/lib_debate_060917/20060917?hub=Canada
As I have often pointed out, bitching about Iraq is the new Canadian politico pastime. It's never done with regard for the facts of the situation in Iraq. Rae and Dion never once came out and made a statement about the honest and obvious logical fallout of their own positions - that they believe that the people of Iraq should still be under Saddam Hussein's torturous and genocidal regime. . .
Instead, as always, all foreign policy discussions are more simplified than a Barney video. Either you're against any action on Afghanistan and Iraq or you're madly in love with all things to do with George W. Bush. It's sicko. It's really stupid. It's dishonest.
I liked Ignatieff's response:
"I don't stand with George Bush. I stand with the independence and freedom of the Kurdish and Shia people and believe that one day they will push this country out of the ditch."
I don't know what the average armchair smarmy is going to do when George W. Bush -- the president they love to hate and the president they love to tie all things towards -- is done. They'll go through withdrawal symptoms. They'll be shakier than a crack addict on the International Space Station. They'll need a new bogeyman.
While I support the Harper government, For the sake of knowing that whatever happens in any nearby federal election that we will have a solid and relatively consistent foreign policy, I hope that Ignatieff wins their leadership.
Of course, it is precisely because Ignatieff stands on principle and not on the cheap smear politics employed by Dion and Rae than he will probably lose.
