tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post302903896686095378..comments2024-03-28T15:34:01.401-04:00Comments on Politics and its Discontents: The Curious Case Of Conservative CompassionLornehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-50898936638043295462014-10-08T14:20:53.151-04:002014-10-08T14:20:53.151-04:00They do have a nasty habit of drowning out dissent...They do have a nasty habit of drowning out dissenting views, Rural. I can imagine they are already salivating over the prospects of denigrating all opposition, most notably Mr. Trudeau and Mr. Mulcair, as soft on terrorism and opening the gates for our imperilment. But then again, a lot can happen over the next year; public opinion when it comes to protracted wars tends to be notoriously volatile.Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-12807649969067080452014-10-08T14:14:17.766-04:002014-10-08T14:14:17.766-04:00Every time the call to war comes in, Richard, the ...Every time the call to war comes in, Richard, the media and the public seem to fall victim to a collective amnesia, conveniently forgetting how each time the West intervenes in the middle east, it only makes matters worse. And notice the speechwriters for war don't have to come up with new material, simply recycling the tired rhetoric about barbarism, the killing of innocents, and threats to all that we hold sacred in our part of the world.Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-72882888291144462342014-10-08T14:08:58.555-04:002014-10-08T14:08:58.555-04:00It leaves us with a clear choice, Lorne, but how m...It leaves us with a clear choice, Lorne, but how many are taking enough notice to hear more than the spinning of the wheels within the Harper Regimes taxpayer funded media center called the PMO?Ruralhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11814103548500393628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-28946562741804389002014-10-08T13:42:58.565-04:002014-10-08T13:42:58.565-04:00What I see NOBODY talking about is the fact The U....What I see NOBODY talking about is the fact The U.S., Canada, and it's allies created and funded ISIS back when they were known as "rebels".<br /><br />http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/8407047/Libyan-rebel-commander-admits-his-fighters-have-al-Qaeda-links.html<br /><br />We helped ISIS overthrow Libya, and tried to help them overthrow Syria. Isn't it amazing how an "al-Qaeda splinter group" has somehow managed in just under a year (you know, ever since the U.S. failed to gain popular support for bombing Syria) to become a larger and more imminent threat than al-Qaeda.<br /><br />It's a U.S. led setup to get what we want (access to Syria) and all of the blood is on our hands. The idea NATO and it's allies have the "moral authority" to "fix" this mess is a joke at best... not to mention the middle east as a direct result of our "interventions" has progressively gotten worse, not better.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15473265775588031435noreply@blogger.com