Senior Canadian diplomat speaks to truth ;’Antisemitism’ be damned
March 28, 2010
I have to say I was pleasantly surprised to hear Robert Fowler-former Canadian ambassador to the U.N and former deputy minister of defence- speak some hard truths at Michael Ignatieff’s “Canada at 150″ Conference in Montreal this weekend.
True to form & Liberal propensities that favour political expediency over principles. It did not take long for Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff to attempt to put distance between himself and Robert Fowler.
Like immediately after the conference…
Sigh,I suppose that’s just what politicians do though. Indeed truth & objectivity(particularly in matters that involves Israel & it’s blatant in your face oppression of Palestinians) are the first causalities as they scrabble for votes,in this case the Jewish.
It would be nice if just once a sitting politician, of some stature, would stand up and say what many people know to be the truth. Rather than playing politics/wearisome word-games, over & over.
Watch Robert Fowler’s speech…”MPs Chasing Jewish Vote destroying Cnd foreign policy”
But that’s not all Fowler had to say …
“I believe Liberals seem prepared to embrace an infinite array of special interests in order to shill for votes rather than forging a broad-based principled alliance founded in deep liberal traditions, one with a distinct social contract and an independent Canadian character which would protect, project and defend core liberal values at home and abroad.”ouch
Lest I forget Fowler also reiterated [I am taking a bit of license here but what the hell]…‘the Afghan situation is a cluster-fuck ,the war is not winnable’. Now there’s a “surprise”. In fact I believe many knowledgeable people, including many with intimate & first-hand in-country experience , have been saying pretty much the same thing since day one…i.e for the past 7 or 8 years.
