Canadas Parliamentary Sheep proud of Gazan Slaughter

[darkbeaver]

Canada’s government and opposition trumpet Israel’s “right” to wage endless war in Gaza

By Carl Bronski and Keith Jones

Global Research, January 11, 2009
World Socialist Web Site - 2009-01-10

Canada's political establishment has given its full support to the Israeli state's bloody onslaught against the Palestinian population in the Gaza Strip.
Canada's minority Conservative government has been amongst the most strident state supporters of the assault on Gaza. Since Israel launched its attack on Gaza two weeks ago, ministers in Stephen Harper's government have repeatedly echoed the cynical pronouncements emanating from Washington and Tel Aviv. This has included arguing against an "immediate ceasefire," laying all blame for the conflict and for the large number of civilians killed by Israeli air strikes and artillery barrages on Hamas, and otherwise apologizing for Israeli war crimes.
The new leader of Canada's official opposition Liberals, Michael Ignatieff, has followed suit, denouncing Hamas, which won Palestinian Authority elections in 2006, as a "terrorist organization" and asserting Israel's right to kill scores of Palestinians daily until Hamas cedes to its demands.
A day after the aerial bombardment of the densely populated Palestinian enclave began on December 26, Lawrence Cannon, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, gave full support to the attack. "Israel has a clear right to defend itself against the continued rocket attacks by Palestinian militant groups which have deliberately targeted civilians," said Cannon. "First and foremost those rocket attacks must stop."
As the carnage visited upon the Palestinians in Gaza escalated with the advent of the Israeli ground invasion, statements emanating from the Canadian Foreign Office were among the most supportive of all Israel's allies.
When 42 people, many of them women, children and the elderly, were killed and 55 wounded January 6 in an Israeli barrage on a clearly-marked United Nations-run school in the Jabaliya refugee camp, Peter Kent, the minister of state for Foreign Affairs—Cannon's deputy

 

[Tyr]

I would have to say the title of the thread "Canadas Parliamentary Sheep proud of Gazan Slaughter" is a 'tad misleaeding.

you might want to repost it as "Canadian Conservative MP's proud of Gazan Slaughter"

 

[Praxius]

Either way it doesn't suprise me..... nobody is allowed to talk badly about Israel or their actions without looking evil.

Just smile and nod *sarcasm*

 

[darkbeaver]

I would have to say the title of the thread "Canadas Parliamentary Sheep proud of Gazan Slaughter" is a 'tad misleaeding.

you might want to repost it as "Canadian Conservative MP's proud of Gazan Slaughter"

Like Ignatiiff hasn't licked the boots. Are you a little hopefull there Tyr, even Saint Obama loves crushing Palestinian babies what makes you think Canlibs are afraid of blood on thier hands. Iggy and crew have long since been to the well Tyr. Why are you telling us different? Our multi-parti system is three shells on a slab of frozen bull****, or three blood sucking fleas on the Canadian lap dog. Three in one oil. Silence is approval. Silence is complicity.Silence is gold.

 

[Tyr]

Like Ignatiiff hasn't licked the boots. Are you a little hopefull there Tyr, even Saint Obama loves crushing Palestinian babies what makes you think Canlibs are afraid of blood on thier hands. Iggy and crew have long since been to the well Tyr. Why are you telling us different? Our multi-parti system is three shells on a slab of frozen bull****, or three blood sucking fleas on the Canadian lap dog. Three in one oil.

Nice rhetoric. Did you make that up yourself or did you have help from your kids?

I see you left the Bloc out of the your strident rant. Is this implying that they make the most sense when it comes to a minor middle east incident?

Please do tell...

 

[Tyr]

Like Ignatiiff hasn't licked the boots. Are you a little hopefull there Tyr, even Saint Obama loves crushing Palestinian babies what makes you think Canlibs are afraid of blood on thier hands. Iggy and crew have long since been to the well Tyr. Why are you telling us different? Our multi-parti system is three shells on a slab of frozen bull****, or three blood sucking fleas on the Canadian lap dog. Three in one oil. Silence is approval. Silence is complicity.Silence is gold.

Silence probably also means "who cares"

 

[Ron in Regina]

 

[gopher]

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... two Republicans in action ...

 

[Colpy]

Now then, I hate to interupt this little touchy-feely, tear-filled circle jerk with some cold hard facts....but here it is....

Hamas murdered their way to power in Gaza

Hamas will not stop firing rockets at Israel.

Hamas has refused any suggestion of cease-fire.

Hamas has refused the Egyptian brokered idea for a permanent truce, because it would require peace-keepers be deployed........Hamas refuses to accept any force "that will protect Israel", in other words, stop them killing Jews.

Hamas refuses to recognize Israel's right to exist.

Israel abandoned Gaza, hoping for peace......

Hamas started it, Hamas is keeping it going, Hamas is at fault, Hamas is the enemy of peace........

Okay, sorry to invade Never-Never Land.....you boys carry on.....just be careful with that fairie-dust.....

(rolls eyes)

 

[gopher]

That's why hundreds of thousands of Europeans protested against the criminal Zionist campaign in Gaza. The entire world sides with the Palestinians. But Colpy still blames the victimized Gazans.


Good thing the forum mods didn't appoint you to moderate the USA section as you know just as little about our politics as you do about international affairs.

 

[Colpy]

That's why hundreds of thousands of Europeans protested against the criminal Zionist campaign in Gaza. The entire world sides with the Palestinians. But Colpy still blames the victimized Gazans.


Good thing the forum mods didn't appoint you to moderate the USA section as you know just as little about our politics as you do about international affairs.

I blame HAMAS......perhaps you require a course in reading comprehension......unless you think all Palestinians are Islamo-fascist terrorists......

 

[darkbeaver]

Nice rhetoric. Did you make that up yourself or did you have help from your kids?

I see you left the Bloc out of the your strident rant. Is this implying that they make the most sense when it comes to a minor middle east incident?

Please do tell...

Iggy stays in the Zionist bum when he travels. Does he take much luggage Tyr? Like I said earlier the list of cowards is long. You got the banking perspective and I have the human. My kids helped me yours probably don't want to admit they belong to you.

 

[gopher]

''I blame HAMAS''

Which represents the majority in that government, Mr Genius.

 

[darkbeaver]

That's why hundreds of thousands of Europeans protested against the criminal Zionist campaign in Gaza. The entire world sides with the Palestinians. But Colpy still blames the victimized Gazans.


Good thing the forum mods didn't appoint you to moderate the USA section as you know just as little about our politics as you do about international affairs.

Have you ever witnessed such groveling to power and wealth, it's unbecoming and embarassing.

 

[Dexter Sinister]

I think that's a goat in Ron's picture, not a sheep. Not that it materially alters the point though...

More to the point, I think Colpy's right. What is Israel to do, ignore people who fire rockets into its territory? What nation would stand still for that? One could of course make the case that Israel's response was more extreme than was strictly necessary, and one could also make the case that Gaza is a prison camp of some sort, but unless you're going to side with the Islamist extremists and claim Israel has no right to exist, you can't reasonably fault Israel in principle for its reprisal. It might also help if more people knew why those Palestinian refugees still exist over two generations after Israel was created, and actually it goes all the way back to the consequences of World War I. Here's a hint: it has something to do with the Islamic nations that surround Israel and their refusal to accept people who wanted to relocate outside the borders of the new Israeli state 60-some years ago. "Stay where you are," they were told, "we'll soon push these interlopers into the sea." They tried too, but so far I think only Egypt has officially recognized that that isn't going to work. Even so, you know who the largest population in the slums of Cairo is? Palestinians. Egypt has made no attempt to assist them, integrate them, or accept them, they are persona non grata. There is great fault on both sides going back many generations, so let's not try to analyze the current events in isolation. They'll never make sense that way.

 

[gopher]

''Have you ever witnessed such groveling to power and wealth, it's unbecoming and embarassing.''


Bush and the Zionists must be the Antichrists mentioned in the Book of Revelations.

 

[Dexter Sinister]

How is that grovelling to power and wealth? A realistic assessment of current events requires a knowledge of history, which most people don't seem to have, all they see are the oppressive circumstances in Gaza and a thunderous Israeli reprisal against a relatively minor threat. But it's not that simple, it's never that simple, there are long term historical currents involved here and if you don't know what they are the present will never make sense.

 

[Just the Facts]

Hamas started it, Hamas is keeping it going, Hamas is at fault, Hamas is the enemy of peace........

Exactly. I read in the times today about all the military infrastructure that's been uncovered....tunnels, booby traps, weapons caches etc. Hamas has been busy over the last few years preparing for this. I suppose that's why they've been so cavalier about it being a graveyard of destiny for Israeli soldiers.

Too bad they didn't put half that much effort into building a civilian infrastructure and developing an economy. Gaza would have been well on it's way to being a properous state by now. Instead it's a wasteland of war.

Of course we'll only hear about how Israel is starving Gazans with the blockade. Funny how Israel is able to keep Gazans from getting food, but they can't seem to do anything about all the weapons being accumulated to be used against them.

Hmmm.

 

[talloola]

Exactly. I read in the times today about all the military infrastructure that's been uncovered....tunnels, booby traps, weapons caches etc. Hamas has been busy over the last few years preparing for this. I suppose that's why they've been so cavalier about it being a graveyard of destiny for Israeli soldiers.

Too bad they didn't put half that much effort into building a civilian infrastructure and developing an economy. Gaza would have been well on it's way to being a properous state by now. Instead it's a wasteland of war.

Of course we'll only hear about how Israel is starving Gazans with the blockade. Funny how Israel is able to keep Gazans from getting food, but they can't seem to do anything about all the weapons being accumulated to be used against them.

Hmmm.

Why would hamas spend 'good rocket money' on food and shelter and clothing
for their own people.

 

[Just the Facts]

Why would hamas spend 'good rocket money' on food and shelter and clothing
for their own people.

:lol: I see you are making an effort to see things from their point of view. That's very commendable. :lol: