Reasonable Canadians would think that we should hear about Canadian international commitments from our own officials as opposed to foreign ones….. don’t ‘cha think?

Balbulican asked me to lay out some reasons why I support Canadian military intervention in Iraq in support of the US-led mission of building a free, democratic Iraq. While Balb and I often “cross swords” as he puts it, I don’t think that even he is expecting this topic to go in the direction it will.

Once again America has looked north and [supposedly] found an Islamic terrorist boogie man — hell, according to a report just out they [supposedly] found whole friggen hives of terrorist cells up here as a [supposed] result of our “liberal” immigration system.

Since Day One, the US has sought both moral validation and military support from Canada and the international community for its invasion and occupation of Iraq - sometimes bullying, sometimes threatening, sometimes pleading. As Coalition support cools, American and Iraqi deaths continue to rise, and popular support for President Bush crumbles, the real and symbolic value of Canadian collaboration rises faster than our Loonie.

This “deal” sets a dangerous precedent for how we will resolve future trade issues, ones that are much more crucial to Americans, like access to our oil and water. Capitulating on lumber is a dangerous precedent and a threat to our sovereignty going forward.

When irrefutable proof on a subject is presented to reasonable people they have three choices, ignore the proof and hold to their out dated opinions, argue the proof, or change - in this case I must change….

Iraq actually is becoming a haven for terrorists and women were better off under Hussein - wow…. progress and bang for the American buck.

As we are all aware one of the constant criticisms from the CPoC Opposition was that the Liberals did not provide straight answers to oral questions in the House. Today, in part II of what could be a very long series, we take a look at a question asked to the CPoC Minister of Finance.

Ain’t politics wonderful? The arena where words are redefined on a regular basis, and the new definations [generally] accepted by the party faithful without question.

– and 94% of them think Bush misled America in order to go to war with Iraq.

Every now and again incontrovertible evidence presents itself to me that proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that the country is going to hell in a very poorly woven hand basket…… today it happened again.

I occasionally accuse my man RJ of trying to shanghai a thread, reframing the discussion so that the issue under discussion is on ground he’s a bit more comfortable with.
For instance, he wanted to use the thread on “What Warning Signals To Look For As the Conservatives Prepare Us For Iraq” for a discussion […]

It’s good to know that the Toronto Sun editorial board is on top of things […]

I rarely find myself in total agreement with Charles Adler. Today marks an exception. He rather eloquently describes the current Harper government’s communications strategy of scorn for and attempt to control the media and the pitfalls that lay ahead if they continue on present course.