Harper - Bush's Second Poodle

While Tony Blair has been called "Bush's Poodle", it seems that Stephen Harper is now in line to be the next White House poodle.

Since the whole mess in Israel blew up last week, we have watched Harper and his right nut, Peter Mackay, act so busy playing the Bush line with respect to Israel, that they have dragged their feet getting Canadians out of Lebanon.

NDP Foreign Affairs Critic, Alexa McDonough, has got it right - HarperCrit has completely failed to represent Canada's best interests while he plays junior sycophant to George W. Bush. (Stupid question, but where are the Liberals on this latest fubar of Harper's?)

Just what is it that Harper thinks is acceptable about Israeli attacks killing Canadian civilians in Lebanon? Just as I find the Hezbollah use of rockets to attack Israeli civilian targets, I cannot comprehend for one minute how our government can condone actions that are resulting in the death of civilians who are also Canadian citizens. No convention on warfare in the world considers civilians and prisoners legitimate targets.

At this point, Israel is vastly out of line in its response to the kidnapping of two soldiers. Destroying the civilian infrastructure of Lebanon is not punishing Hezbollah, and has simply escalated the situation. While I agree that a nation that has been attacked has a right to defend itself, I also believe that right is subject to the same measure of proportionality that would be applied between individuals. If someone attacks me with their fists, I don't have the right to shoot them - that would generally be deemed disproportionate force.

Just to add to the mix of things muddying the picture, we have more musings about Iran's involvement in this latest uproar.