Category: Canada

Toronto Sun columnist Joe Warmington brings up an interesting (and disturbing) question in his latest column: Was the latest suicide attack in Afghanistan, which left four brave Canadian soldiers dead and dozens of soldiers and civilians wounded, deliberately timed to coincide with the return of our MPs for the fall session?

Are the Taliban taking lessons from the West’s history of warfare in the last half century? Are they being mindful of how the United States lost the war in Vietnam?

Yes, I know I’m going to get some heat for that comment (most of it likely from Texas) but it’s still true. The war in Vietnam was never lost on the battlefield, it was lost on the streets of America. The American public lost its stomach for the conflict and the Yanks finally cut and ran in April of 1975. In spite of winning every major engagement with the enemy (yes; including even the Tet offensive, which the peaceniks called a victory for the commies), the inexhorable, grinding lack of support for the war back home eventually knocked the pins out from under the whole damned effort.

The usual Leftist suspects who are today comparing Afghanistan to Vietnam will howl any parallel that they can find, no matter how tenuous. What they won’t mention, unless you drag it out of them kicking and screaming, is the more than 5,000,000 (yes, FIVE MILLION) Cambodians and Vietnamese who were slaughtered by the communists after the Americans pulled out. Why the hell do you think we had so many boat people seeking refuge in Canada??

How many Afghanis will the Taliban murder in repraisal if we leave?

If a recent poll is any indication, however, the Taliban are in for a rude surprise if they think mere casualties are enough to shatter our collective will. The poll by Ipsos-Reid, taken in the days prior to this past September 11th, shows that Canadian resolve is hardening as the war goes on, not weakening.

We are, historically, not a nation given to heat-of-the-moment declarations of war (with the exception of 1939) but when we do get into a fight, we damn well finish it.

Whilst poking around over at Daimnation today, I stumbled across the audio of the Steve Madely interview of Ottawa Imam Gamal Solaiman who was once quoted as saying:

“It’s very upsetting the way people allow the voices of a few Muslims speak for all of us,”

Well, Gamal gets the chance to speak for himself this time, and I don’t like what I’m hearing. Neither will you, I suspect. It’s some creepy, apologist shit, boys and girls. He makes one thing after another for the Islamofascist crap happening anywhere in the world, topping it off with a refusal to believe Osama bin Hidin was behind 9/11! This asshole has a “but” for everything. I’m not making this up.

Parts 1 and 2 of the interview are below:

part 1

part 2

Well, it was nice while it lasted, wasn’t it? A whole summer with no parliamentary shenanegans. But all good things must end and today, the orchestra of scorched cats tunes back up in Ottawa. It’ll be a doozy, too.

From Afghanistan to gun control to softwood to dozens of other issues that have had time to simmer for the last couple of months, the Tories are definitely going to have their hands full.

Anybody out there care to give odds on a spring election?

As most of you already know, Canada’s calls for more troops from our NATO “allies” to reinforce the ISAF in Afghanistan have, so far, been met with nothing but a chorus of crickets. It’s disgusting in its moral cowardice.

The Americans can be excused, as can the British, being entangled in Iraq as they are. And let’s face it, the only time the French ever want someone to go to war is when the German army is busy knocking up mademoiselles left and right and buggering off with all the croisants, so you really can’t expect a damn thing from them. Speaking of Germans: historically, Krauts and Canucks on the same battlefield has been, shall we say, problematic (for the Germans); so they’re off the hook too.

But the deafening silence from other NATO nations, particularly some who owe their very freedom to the blood price paid by our courageous fighting men (yes Holland, I’m looking at YOU), just leaves me shaking my head. For God’s sakes, even the Polish are kicking in some more help.

So just what the hell are we going to do? That’s a no-brainer: we dig in our heels and keep on getting the damned job done ourselves. That’s right, we’re beefing up the Afghanistan deployment, with the first injection announced today:

The reinforcements include an infantry company from Quebec’s Royal 22nd Regiment, a squadron of Leopard tanks from Edmonton, some military engineers to bolster Canada’s provincial reconstruction team, and a special anti-mortar unit.

NATO/Europe wants to sit on their sorry arses and let us do the work yet again? Fine. Just don’t call us the next time Germany goes apeshit.

I would like to begin today by saying, on behalf of all of us here, that our most heartfelt condolences and prayers go out to the family and friends of Anastasia DeSouza, whose life was ended so tragically yesterday in Montreal. We also maintain our highest hopes for those still struggling to live through the ordeal. May their families get good news, and get it soon.

Out of respect for the sensitivities of those so deeply affected by this event, it has been decided that there will be no posting of opinions about the social implications (or anything else) regarding this matter until after the families have had the chance to come to grips with their loss and say their final farewells to their loved ones, after whatever fashion they follow.

There will be NO capitalizing on this issue here. Any commentary to that affect will be deleted immediately and the poster will be banned.

Again, our best wishes to the families. If there is anything at all that we can do, please do not hesitate to contact any of us.

Ever have one of those days when you start feeling like God’s little hackeysack? Yeah, me too. Especially these days. First, it was Joe Fontana announcing that he was going to step down from federal politics to run for mayor of London in the upcoming municipal election. Okay, fine, I could live with that. At least he’d be down at the municipal level where he can do less damage (relatively speaking).

Sure, it might suck to be in London for the next few years but, hey, sometimes you gotta take one for the team, right? Besides, if memory serves me right, he wasn’t as lousy as a Councilor as he was as a Minister. But now… THIS!!

…former Ontario education minister Gerard Kennedy says aside from him, other contenders for the top federal Liberal job may also be considering London-North-Centre. Martha Hall Findlay and former Ontario premier Bob Bob Rae are also in the leadership race, but without federal seats.

As if getting stuck with Joey Bananas for the next four years wasn’t bad enough, it gets worse. I guess it should have occurred to me that, with Joe out of the fed picture around here, somebody was bound to come along to fill the gap. But not like this (insert bigass eyeball-rolling emoticon here).

Now it’s starting to look like every god damned also-ran in the party that flunks out of the Great Grit Porkbarrel Grand Poobah Pageant is going to be descending on London North Centre in an effort to make a grab for the federal payroll teat. Gerard Kennedy, Martha Hall Findlay, even Bob F#%!ing Rae (why do I have chest pains??) fer chrissakes! We’ve been spending years cleaning up the neighbourhood, and this comes along??

Did I rape nuns in a previous life or something?