Paul Wells nails Don Jean
Nicely done:
Sorry, Jean Chrétien. You don't get to claim that the only reason Canadians are stuck in "killing fields" is because Paul Martin couldn't make a decision, and look down on other NATO countries for refusing the hard jobs. If your criticism of Martin has any meaning, the implication is that you'd have been as wily as any German Bundesweenie at skipping out of the hard jobs.Not.
In fact, the comments in the La Presse article are profoundly distasteful at best. "When you go to war, some people die. Canada is ready but other (countries) aren't. But it's a collective responsibility."
But. If Chrétien were still in power in 2005, "I'd have stood up to NATO and to General Hillier and I would have told them we were staying in Kabul, or that we were going to the north of the country."
So if he'd stayed in power, collective responsibility would have been somebody else's problem. Nice.
posted by Mark, Ottawa at 5:13 p.m.
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ahh good ol' Jean Cruton.
A legend in his own mind.
Always a big supporter of the Canadian Forces. Always.
Name calling...
... yay for reasoned political discourse.
When I think someone's a principled opponent, Queensbury rules apply. When I think they're evil, everything is fair game.
Name-calling at a little site like this is the least of Chretien's worries. Looking at himself in the mirror after canceling the Maritime Helicopter replacement and delaying the sub purchase for so long, decisions that put CF members needlessly in harm's way, should be what he's worried about.
Live by political thuggery, die by political thuggery - metaphorically speaking - I say.
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