PING!
Posted on 08/01/2006 10:29:03 PM PDT by pissant
Foreign Minister Peter MacKay said Tuesday that Hezbollah is a terrorist organization that is like a "cancer" destroying democracy in Lebanon and made it clear that the Canadian government blames Hezbollah for the current conflict with Israel.
In an appearance before a special session of the House foreign affairs committee, however, Mr. MacKay also called on Israel to exercise the "utmost restraint" in dealing with the provocation so as to limit further civilian casualties.
As demonstrators on both sides of the divide gathered on Parliament Hill, Mr. MacKay said Canada supports a ceasefire and wants the United Nations to approve a "robust international force" to police a ceasefire if one can be established.
Mr. MacKay said he has personally appealed to Israel for a halt to hostilities so that Canadians and citizens of other countries trapped in Lebanon can be safely evacuated. About 13,000 Canadians have fled since the fighting began.
He told Opposition MPs that "Canada cannot be neutral on fundamental issues" and that is why the Conservative government condemns Hezbollah as a terrorist group that attacked a democracy.
About 250 demonstrators condemning the Harper government for its stand in support of Israel protested on the steps of Parliament.
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Welcome back to the fight, Canada
Amazing what an election can do for a country, isn't it?
Yes it is. I can only imagine the basket case the US would be with a gore or Kerry presidency.
Ping for when you get up.
But Kerry had a plan to win the war on terrorism.
Canada was on our side in WW2, they will be back on the winning team for WW3.
God Bless you Stephen Harper. you are awesome.
dittos!
He had a plan to prevent it.....the french plan.
They've been on our side since shortly after the war of 1812. The socialists almost drifted them into oblivion, but they did not give in.
....back in the game.....must feel nice to have a spine after all these years.....
PING!
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LOL!
Morning GMMAC.
;-)
Clarification --- The U.S. joined our side 2 years into WW2 after you were attacked by Japan and had war declared on you by Germany.
ok, yeah, the US was is a pacifist state before pearl harbor,
Yah, pretty much...
What did you think the U.S. was doing prior to Pearl?
what the rest of the world other our crowd is doing right now. appease
Wrong answer. The U.S. was not appeasing either Germany or Japan prior to Pearl Harbour..
While not fighting either, the U.S. was shipping lots of war material, arms and supplies to Britain and others who were doing the fighting and the U.S. was also squeezing the Japs with embargoes of inputs to its war machine.
That said, WW2 started 2 years later for the U.S. than it did for us.
The American people would have been against the war one day before pearl harbor. thats where I was thinking appeasement. I know FDR and Churchill were on the ball VERY EARLY and probably spent many late nights looking at the threat and seriously worrying.
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