tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post5847382222529594877..comments2024-03-28T22:02:16.520-04:00Comments on Politics and its Discontents: UPDATED: The Limits Of PrinciplesLornehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-13839652434652104682016-01-07T09:14:44.189-05:002016-01-07T09:14:44.189-05:00Regrettably, Anon, the Liberal Party has a long hi...Regrettably, Anon, the Liberal Party has a long history of such 'flexibility.'Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-55964443777356971862016-01-06T21:17:11.780-05:002016-01-06T21:17:11.780-05:00Liberal politicians have lots of principles, and i...Liberal politicians have lots of principles, and if those principles get inconvenient, they have a whole other set of principles to replace them with.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-81493243513207061172016-01-06T19:20:29.177-05:002016-01-06T19:20:29.177-05:00What I see is that this deal is so out of characte...What I see is that this deal is so out of character, so beyond our national ethos I can't believe that even Harper could have accepted it. I suggest outside influence, by the Americans, made it so, and, unfortunately, at the cost of our own country's reputation. It was a deal, in my opinion, that the American government couldn't themselves stomach, and for very obvious reasons, but, Canada, well we're a peace loving country, and dammit we're Canadians, so doing such deals with the Saudis must be legit. Meanwhile, in Washington, hands are washed of it and any linkage of Obama, the peace president, towards aiding the Saudis sectarian massacre in Yemen. This was not a Canadian deal, but, we get to wear it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-34531400285086076212016-01-06T14:18:04.823-05:002016-01-06T14:18:04.823-05:00I'm not sure I share your cynicism here, Anon....I'm not sure I share your cynicism here, Anon. While there are certainly a number of factors that play into deals and policies, appeasement of Americans is not, in my view, at the top of the list.Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-50674964758528979052016-01-06T12:42:20.680-05:002016-01-06T12:42:20.680-05:00It may have been Harper's policy, but, was it ...It may have been Harper's policy, but, was it his idea? Soon, I believe, Mr. Trudeau, just like Harper and many of those who preceded them into the PMO, will have his Howard Beale moment and be told, by the Americans, what the truth is, what he can say and do...or else. We shall never see our country as it once was. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-84145472592853107952016-01-06T10:49:34.904-05:002016-01-06T10:49:34.904-05:00Like so many of Harper's policies, this one is...Like so many of Harper's policies, this one is redolent of financial expedience at the cost of principle, Salamander. if it is at all legally possible, I think the new government has a moral obligation at the very least to reveal the terms of this agreement, especially pertaining to the due diligence allegedly done to ensure that the armoured vehicles will not be used against the Saudi people who do not see eye to eye with their royal rulers.Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-75849608562158576622016-01-06T10:33:14.163-05:002016-01-06T10:33:14.163-05:00.. Stephen Harper saw Arms Manufacture for Export ..... Stephen Harper saw Arms Manufacture for Export as becoming a key driver of Canada's Economy. He began reshaping our Diplomatic direction accordingly. Diplomats or Ambassadors began receiving the new Harper Doctrine which saw them as Foreign Commerce tools. <br /><br />The problem is, he forgot to mention this as an election promise or policy direction.. much less consider a referendum. He may claim some day that 'he had no knowlege of these things' & it was all someone else, perhaps rogue diplomatic operators.. haha. Somehow the terms of the 15 billion dollar deal are a Secret.. and of course - Binding..<br /><br />Young middle aged Justin needs to start revealing and eroding & indeed attacking the toxic structures, tactics, actions, legislation & misery Harper & his Pandora's Box 'legacy' have set in motion. The Saudi deal is an amazing example of how insidious our previous Prime Minister was and is. He played us for fools.. and now we are expected to pay the piperthe salamanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06853337802990122289noreply@blogger.com