Ponderous Intellect
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August 21st, 2006, 05:10 PM
Today, the Conservative Party of Canada indicated that it has no intention of engaging in any sort of discussion or negotiation for peace with Hezbollah, or any other terrorist organization as identified by Canada. The party indicated quite clearly that negotiation and diplomacy are inappropriate strategies to employ when dealing with a terrorist organization.
The party today denounced Mr. Borys Wrzesnewskyj, M.P., the Member for Etobicoke Centre and the Foreign Affairs Associate Critic for Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition for suggesting that Canada should consider discussing peace negotiations with Hezbollah. The party further threw into question the integrity of Mr. Gerard Kennedy, since Mr. Wrzesnewskyj is one of his supporters.
Mr. Gerard is entirely independent of Mr. Wrzesnewskyj, and yet the Conservatives are content upon suggesting that Mr. Wrzesnewskyj is speaking on behalf of Mr. Kennedy and his leadership campaign—how the party came up with this connection, however, is entirely a figment of the Conservatives' misguided imaginations.
The Conservatives laugh at the idea of "negotiating peace with [Hezbollah]"—apparently peace in the region just doesn't suit our new Government of Canada. Heaven forbid they lose the warfare that they can so tactfully use to distract people from the failings and hypocrisy of the rest of their administration of Canada so far.
Footnote
(a) "Conservatives" is in reference to the Conservative parliamentary caucus and administration.
Sources
1. Click here for the Web site of the Conservative Party of Canada (article).
Today, the Conservative Party of Canada indicated that it has no intention of engaging in any sort of discussion or negotiation for peace with Hezbollah, or any other terrorist organization as identified by Canada. The party indicated quite clearly that negotiation and diplomacy are inappropriate strategies to employ when dealing with a terrorist organization.
The party today denounced Mr. Borys Wrzesnewskyj, M.P., the Member for Etobicoke Centre and the Foreign Affairs Associate Critic for Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition for suggesting that Canada should consider discussing peace negotiations with Hezbollah. The party further threw into question the integrity of Mr. Gerard Kennedy, since Mr. Wrzesnewskyj is one of his supporters.
Mr. Gerard is entirely independent of Mr. Wrzesnewskyj, and yet the Conservatives are content upon suggesting that Mr. Wrzesnewskyj is speaking on behalf of Mr. Kennedy and his leadership campaign—how the party came up with this connection, however, is entirely a figment of the Conservatives' misguided imaginations.
The Conservatives laugh at the idea of "negotiating peace with [Hezbollah]"—apparently peace in the region just doesn't suit our new Government of Canada. Heaven forbid they lose the warfare that they can so tactfully use to distract people from the failings and hypocrisy of the rest of their administration of Canada so far.
Footnote(a) "Conservatives" is in reference to the Conservative parliamentary caucus and administration.
Sources1. Click here for the Web site of the Conservative Party of Canada (article).
Ponderous Intellect
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August 21st, 2006, 05:23 PM
In fact, our Conservatives friends saw fit to publish two articles today, insinuating some sort of Kennedy–Wrzeskewskyj connection. Leave it to the Tories to invent fairy tails to take up space on their Web site. The other article is here, but I'm not going to touch on it, since it pretty much says the same thing as the first one: In exemplia, Conservatives and peace don't go together.
In fact, our Conservatives friends saw fit to publish two articles today, insinuating some sort of Kennedy–Wrzeskewskyj connection. Leave it to the Tories to invent fairy tails to take up space on their Web site. The other article is here, but I'm not going to touch on it, since it pretty much says the same thing as the first one: In exemplia, Conservatives and peace don't go together.
Clever Clogs
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Location: Canada
August 23rd, 2006, 01:59 AM
Our Canadian Forces have tried to engage the Taliban with dialogue. There must have been something to that idea. To be at all effective at trying to create a situation of peace in Afghanistan is to hold dialogue with different fractions. It compromises nothing of who we are - our Canadian values.
These questions are like bait where the concept is placed in a context that allows a myopic view of conflict and people. To try to take a reasonable position one gets defeated by people who say “it’s an issue of talking with terrorists or not talking with terrorists”, and then the choice made is suppose to put the person who answers on one side of the fence or the other.
As to whether Canada or the Western World should have dialogue with Hezbollah, how about we try to base our reasoning from what works and not weigh choices simply through heightened passions and black and white ideas. Let’s try to be more intelligent beyond the rhetoric. A game played by politicians for stupid people.
The british couldn’t solve the problems with the IRA (Irish Republican Army) until they engaged the group through dialogue. That is simply reality.
http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_...ican_Army.html
Our Canadian Forces have tried to engage the Taliban with dialogue. There must have been something to that idea. To be at all effective at trying to create a situation of peace in Afghanistan is to hold dialogue with different fractions. It compromises nothing of who we are - our Canadian values.
These questions are like bait where the concept is placed in a context that allows a myopic view of conflict and people. To try to take a reasonable position one gets defeated by people who say “it’s an issue of talking with terrorists or not talking with terrorists”, and then the choice made is suppose to put the person who answers on one side of the fence or the other.
As to whether Canada or the Western World should have dialogue with Hezbollah, how about we try to base our reasoning from what works and not weigh choices simply through heightened passions and black and white ideas. Let’s try to be more intelligent beyond the rhetoric. A game played by politicians for stupid people.
The british couldn’t solve the problems with the IRA (Irish Republican Army) until they engaged the group through dialogue. That is simply reality.
http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_...ican_Army.html
