If Hezbollah does it, it's a war crime. If Israel does it, it's self defense.
In criticizing Liberal leadership candidates as "anti-Israeli", Harper has once again shown how limited and short sighted his positions really are.
Hezbollah lobbing rockets at Israeli settlements is just as wrong as Israel dropping high explosives on Lebanese villages. Both are civilian populations, and neither side is exempt from criticism for it. Under many standards, both Hezbollah and Israel can be accused of "war crimes" for attacking civilian populations.
Mr. Harper's own response to Israel's invasion of Lebanon last summer was to call Israel's response "measured", as if some kind of restraint was exercised. I suppose, if one considers the prospect that Israel could have nuked Lebanon, one might consider Israel's invasion "measured"...but that's like saying that a disgruntled customer that burns a restaurant down after a bad meal experience engaged in a "measured" response - it just depends on what rubber ruler you use.
A progressive voice shining light into the darkness of regressive politics. Pretty much anything will be fair game, and little will be held sacred.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
An Argument For Limiting S33 Of The Charter
S33 (The Notwithstanding Clause) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (The Charter) is a "nuclear weapon" that can be u...
-
Running around the internet, and speaking in various venues is a somewhat rare creature by the name of Walt Heyer who claims to be an ...
-
One of the favourite - and utterly brain dead - criticisms of evolution that is often raised is the "sheer improbability" of the w...
-
The resurrection of Ted Morton's obnoxious Bill 208 has, of course, brought forth a series of right-wing talking points about how ...
1 comment:
A candidate who comments that certain actions taken by the Israeli military were criminal does not make that candidate, nor the rest of the Liberal candidates, "anti-Israeli".
Harper is trying to appeal to the religious fundies and the Jewish community as he is fully aware that they represent a _motivated voting group_, which will come in handy when the next election rolls around if he can get them on his side. This is a page out of the operating manual of the Rethuglican Party.
SB
(For more information on what the motivating factors are behind Harpers actions read the article in the October 2006 edition of The Walrus)
Post a Comment