In this the final day of Thinkapalooza, the Liberal Party of Canada is putting the finishing touches on its future policy platform. For example; Canada is a global embarrassment. We only support Israel to pander to Canadian Jewish votes. The Taliban are going to win the war in Afghanistan and there is nothing anyone can do about it (unless we make it a colony). Canada should not have a seat at the UN Security Council because we are an embarrassment and nobody likes us. Our foreign policy is only written to pander to other ethnic votes, beyond just Israel.
This all came from the former Foreign Policy Advisor to Pierre Trudeau. Though this diplomat (one of Canada's longest serving), did make a very apt statement about the Liberal Party, "they will endorse anything and everything which might return them to power." At this rate, Red Book 2.0 should have a chapter about Israeli Apartheid and pandering to ethnic votes over doing the right thing. But the chapter on how we need two tier healthcare to survive economically in the future will come first, but don't tell Paul Martin or Scott Reid or they could blow a gasket.
We disagree so we must be pandering to votes.
ReplyDeleteMust be Stockholm Syndrom.
ReplyDeleteThe myth that governments in Canada support Israel to pander to the Canadian Jewish vote was dispelled years ago by Mordechai Richler,who stated that the majority Canadian Jews,especially Montreal Jews,didn't give a damn about Israel.
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I support Israel because they are our best ally in a critical and hostile region. Pandering to Jewish Canadians had never occured to me as a reason for supporting Israel.
ReplyDelete(note that when I wrote "We only support Israel to pander to Canadian Jewish votes." I was referencing the statements made by a Liberal Thinker at Canada at 150.)
And people wonder why the PM is reluctant to release documents that in the "wrong" hands could harm Canadians. There seem to be many "wrong" hands in the opposition. The last batch of documents was immediately released to the CBC.
ReplyDeleteHey Ice. O/T here, but nice redo on the blog!
ReplyDeleteMr. Fowler should have been left to rot in captivity if he hates Canada so much.
Pat does this mean you've forgiven me for my post about the Big Iron Shootout? I am not afraid of mountains, I embrace mountains.
ReplyDeleteI wonder why so many anti-Semites happen to be liberals?
ReplyDeleteIceman, blog looks good, but the contrast between the background and the text makes it difficult to read.
ReplyDeleteNot only is Israel an ally against various threats, they are also a capitalistic democracy even while under the constant threat of terrorism and hostile neighbours.
ReplyDeleteIsrael is a stabilizer in the region. It would be illogical and irreversible for us to abandon her.
It covers only a small-small portion of the middle east and as a capitalistic democracy it should be allowed to expand itself naturally and not have to "freeze" settlements for the sake of providing a false sense of peace while appeasing the radical fundamentalists who view them as an "occupier".
By the way, when the "Palestinian"* leadership(s) are not socialistic (of varied flavours) they are "theocratic" under the Islamists... all of which view Israel as illegitimate.
It's lose-lose regardless of what so called "moderates" the "liberals" would choose to back in the absence of supporting Israel.
*Just as we in Canada are referred to as North American in terms of region so too has always been the case historically dating back to ancient times with the term Palestine and Palestinians; as in Jews from Palestine are still Palestinian.
To state otherwise is actually in a sense either racist or ignorant of the entire history of the region.
The reference as Palestinians as a separate "race" or people is something from the 20th century. Likely from either the socialist/secular movements their or the Islamic ones wanting to differentiate or separate themselves from the Jewish population.
[You'll have to research into the details yourselves since I don't have the time at the moment but will have real net access again soon.]
Snipped this from GayandRight:
ReplyDeleteSome Palestinians don't like the settlement freeze...
The sad fact is that many Palestinians used to find work in Israel...but Palestinian terrorism changed all that....
Theoretically, the 10-month freeze on building Israeli settlements in the West Bank was supposed to benefit the Palestinian cause.
But at the run-down cafes that make up a town square of sorts here in the Jalazon Refugee Camp, there’s a different story.
It’s just before noon, and the area is full of young men with nowhere to go.
Normally, about half of Jalazon’s able-bodied men are employed in construction in nearby Jewish settlements. But since Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, under pressure from President Barack Obama, announced the settlement building freeze in October, much of the work has disappeared.
In the long-term, the freeze is meant to help the stagnant Israeli-Palestinian peace process, and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas said he wouldn’t agree to a resumption in peace talks without a building moratorium. But in the short-term, thousands of Palestinians who work in construction across the West Bank are feeling the pinch. They’re annoyed that no one seems to be paying attention to the impact on their lives of what they see as a pointless exercise.
“Work in the settlements has decreased dramatically in the last few months – it’s nothing like it was before. But our lives haven’t changed for the better and the leaders aren’t any closer to peace, so what’s the point?” says Walid Mustafa, a sort of self-appointed spokesman of the unemployed and father of seven who says he’s lucky to find work one day a month. “The settlement freeze is temporary anyway. The Israeli government is made up of settlers, and they will build again soon enough.”
Mr. Mustafa estimates that about 80 percent of camp residents who work in construction are now unemployed, while those still working are taking jobs for 50 shekels a day ($13) rather than the 150 shekels ($40) they used to make.
“The settlement freeze has only brought more poverty,” complains Abdel Aziz Othman.
“There’s no work anywhere,” agrees Issa Muhammed Mahmoud, a young man who spends most days sitting here, chatting and drinking tea for lack of something else to do. “I used to be able to go into Israel to work on sites there, but now they don’t give permits for that, and they’re bringing laborers from China to do it.”
http://gayandright.blogspot.com/2010/01/some-palestinians-dont-like-settlement.html
^His actual blog post also contains the link to the quotes and so on.