People, even the media who watch such things, seem mystified by the Harper Government(tm) stance on Iran.
It's no big surprise, really. When I took this blog out from under wraps in May, I wrote a lengthy essay describing the "Modern Fascism" that Harper has been cultivating. On foreign affairs, I wrote the following:
In the context of Canada's role on the world stage, he is taking a stance which is the polar opposite of where Canada typically plays well. Where Canada has historically been the voice of compromise and reason, Harper's voice on the world stage is one of bluster and hostility. We all know that Canada hasn't got the economic or military muscle to back up this belligerent stance that Harper is taking, so for the world, Harper's voice on the stage is easily ignored.
Here in Canada, we cannot ignore it. At first, I assumed that Harper's approach to foreign affairs was merely a result of his lack of awareness. That was in 2006. Since then, I have become convinced that not only is it deliberate, but that it is part of a larger strategy on Harper's part to dismantle everything that he loathes about Canada's history. If it serves to isolate Canada on the world stage in the process, so much the better for his propaganda campaigns.
It will take years to clean up the mess this nasty little man is making.
It's no big surprise, really. When I took this blog out from under wraps in May, I wrote a lengthy essay describing the "Modern Fascism" that Harper has been cultivating. On foreign affairs, I wrote the following:
Naturally, he would play on this in such a manner as to play up the idea that Canada is being marginalized on the world stage and use that to build up a form an nationalism not unlike what happened in Germany in the post-WWI years as a result of the isolation and restrictions that the Treaty of Versailles ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Versailles ) created.With Iran, The Harper Government has done something which only makes sense in the context of Harper trying to isolate Canada on the world stage. Like his position on Sri Lanka, Harper takes an absolutist "all-or-nothing" approach to the issues, and then withdraws any support for compromise - thus removing Canada's voice entirely from the discourse.
In the context of Canada's role on the world stage, he is taking a stance which is the polar opposite of where Canada typically plays well. Where Canada has historically been the voice of compromise and reason, Harper's voice on the world stage is one of bluster and hostility. We all know that Canada hasn't got the economic or military muscle to back up this belligerent stance that Harper is taking, so for the world, Harper's voice on the stage is easily ignored.
Here in Canada, we cannot ignore it. At first, I assumed that Harper's approach to foreign affairs was merely a result of his lack of awareness. That was in 2006. Since then, I have become convinced that not only is it deliberate, but that it is part of a larger strategy on Harper's part to dismantle everything that he loathes about Canada's history. If it serves to isolate Canada on the world stage in the process, so much the better for his propaganda campaigns.
It will take years to clean up the mess this nasty little man is making.
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