tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post265208958729657952..comments2024-03-22T05:20:44.167-07:00Comments on The Disaffected Lib: How Did Canada Enlist in America's "Permanent Warfare Legion"?The Mound of Soundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-3815958772920607112014-10-01T13:18:22.792-07:002014-10-01T13:18:22.792-07:00US President Barack Obama used powerful language w...US President Barack Obama used powerful language when addressing the United Nations last week. He made it clear the US would use its might to dismantle ISIS. The British Parliament also voted in favour of airstrikes. And Prime Minister Stephen Harper says that Canada won't 'stand on the sidelines'. <br /><br />• The Barbarians Within Our Gates -- Hisham Melhem/Politico<br /> Hisham Melhem believes these world leaders are unlikely to restore order because he believes something fundamental is smashed. He believes Arab civilization has broken down. If this is the case, there isn't one iota we can do to stop ISIL or anything else that raises its ugly head. Muslims must stop blaming no matter if we have had a hand it in their plight or not, and take hold of and own their problems and rebuild what they once were. We will and cannot do it for them. It is a useless attempt to do so and it will only end with a stark naked, cranky, raw, pain ridden Canada. We are half that now from our previous attempts at "showing Muslims the way".Anyonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15765384812104835792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-22695320409665596242014-09-30T15:13:47.785-07:002014-09-30T15:13:47.785-07:00The House, and particularly the opposition parties...The House, and particularly the opposition parties, showed how feckless they can be when Harper sought to extend the Kandahar gig. I even prepared a list of questions, somewhat along the lines of the Powell Doctrine, for Liberals to raise in the debate. Not one was asked, not one.<br /><br />Everything is done today with an eye on the 2015 election. If the price is the sacrifice on Canadian lives on some new Quixotic adventure then it will pass muster with the opposition. As Kinsella relates, already the Liberals are turning this into election fodder for their contest with the NDP.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-24663509102606868892014-09-30T12:12:32.717-07:002014-09-30T12:12:32.717-07:00Your searing analysis should be read by all who ar...Your searing analysis should be read by all who are far too ready to sacrifice the lives of the young for very dubious gain, Mound. A clear-headed assessment as you suggest should indeed be mandatory before any democratic country can engage its people in war. I hope such issues will be addressed in the House should there indeed be a parliamentary vote.Lornehttp://www.politicsanditsdiscontents.blogspot.canoreply@blogger.com