Again this should make one ask, “how precise are Israelis bombings”?
Harper campaigned on the slogan, “Standing Up For Canada”. I simply don’t get the sense of that right now.
We obviously need a stronger leader who will speak up for Canada and not be so ‘passive’ in letting other countries kill off our people. You would think our PM would have harsh words towards a country that kept blowing up, mistake or otherwise, our Canadians. To witness some public criticism — at least. Even the previous government showed criticism towards our friends down south when they killed off our soldiers by a negligent pilot.
I have to shake my head at Harper’s very passive response in dealing with another country who continually kills off our people. One who campaigned on the slogan, “Standing Up For Canada”.
Harper campaigned on the slogan, “Standing Up For Canada”. I simply don’t get the sense of that right now.
We obviously need a stronger leader who will speak up for Canada and not be so ‘passive’ in letting other countries kill off our people. You would think our PM would have harsh words towards a country that kept blowing up, mistake or otherwise, our Canadians. To witness some public criticism — at least. Even the previous government showed criticism towards our friends down south when they killed off our soldiers by a negligent pilot.
I have to shake my head at Harper’s very passive response in dealing with another country who continually kills off our people. One who campaigned on the slogan, “Standing Up For Canada”.
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JERUSALEM — A Canadian was among four United Nations peacekeepers killed Tuesday in southern Lebanon when an Israeli air strike reduced a UN observer post to rubble, sparking condemnation and a full investigation.
“I am shocked and deeply distressed by the apparently deliberate targeting by Israeli Defence Forces,” UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said from Rome, where Wednesday he will attend a meeting of diplomats trying to end the fighting.
“This co-ordinated artillery and aerial attack on a long-established and clearly marked UN post at Khiyam occurred despite personal assurances given to me by Prime Minister Ehud Olmert that UN positions would be spared Israeli fire.”
Israel expressed regret for the bombing and promised a full investigation, but denied it was targeting the UN.
“I am shocked and deeply distressed by the hasty statement of the Secretary-General,” Israel's ambassador to the UN, Dan Gillerman, said, calling Mr. Annan's words “premature and erroneous.”
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Wednesday expressed "deep regret" over the killings and said the peacekeepers were killed mistakenly. He spoke on the phone with Mr. Annan, expressing dismay over Annan's accusation and promising a thorough investigation, according to Mr. Olmert's office.
Canadian officials would not comment last night or identify the dead Canadian, who is believed to have been a member of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry — the same regiment that makes up the bulk of the force fighting in Afghanistan, where 20 Canadians have died. The other dead UN peacekeepers are from China, Finland and Austria.