At this rate...
Even in a leftist country like Canada - Paul Martin will go down as one of the weakest, most ineffective and probably... one of the worst Prime Ministers of all time.
I like liberals like Tony Blair, the kind that subscribe to a lefist ideology... yet they're capable of discerning fundamental righteousness and they grasp the basic fact that you act in the best interests of your country, even when the citizenry is too ignorant or careless to realize.
The Toronto Star's editorial on the issue of ballistic missile defense was dead-on. It's nice to see some obvious liberal supporters recognizing common sense even when it contradicts the actions of the great party leader.
When Jean Chretien stayed out of the Iraq invasion of March of 2003, he was obviously not acting in the best interests of Canada. However, I could imagine that he might have thought that he was. Some Canadians would've probably died, the military budget would have had to be increased - and maybe those two issues outweighed any possible trade punishment or, more obviously, the moral burden of being on the side of "stability" instead of "freedom" in a dark area of the world.
When Paul Martin declined to "join BMD" (whatever that means - I'm not even so sure myself) he did so with an obvious knowledge that the decision would be bad for Canada. He knows that his political effort to gain more votes in Quebec (and maybe even Ontario) will cost Canada billions of dollars in increased security costs and will ultimately result in a weaker security reality for all Canadians. I really believe that. I don't think he's a bad man. I just think he's an incredibly weak man. Weak and pathetic.
When he's defeated, he might even rival Joe Clark for the title of the most pathetic Prime Minister of all time.
Maybeeeeee. If that's possible.
(for those of you who don't know, I really, REALLY hate Joe Clark, and I could go on about it all day)
I like liberals like Tony Blair, the kind that subscribe to a lefist ideology... yet they're capable of discerning fundamental righteousness and they grasp the basic fact that you act in the best interests of your country, even when the citizenry is too ignorant or careless to realize.
The Toronto Star's editorial on the issue of ballistic missile defense was dead-on. It's nice to see some obvious liberal supporters recognizing common sense even when it contradicts the actions of the great party leader.
When Jean Chretien stayed out of the Iraq invasion of March of 2003, he was obviously not acting in the best interests of Canada. However, I could imagine that he might have thought that he was. Some Canadians would've probably died, the military budget would have had to be increased - and maybe those two issues outweighed any possible trade punishment or, more obviously, the moral burden of being on the side of "stability" instead of "freedom" in a dark area of the world.
When Paul Martin declined to "join BMD" (whatever that means - I'm not even so sure myself) he did so with an obvious knowledge that the decision would be bad for Canada. He knows that his political effort to gain more votes in Quebec (and maybe even Ontario) will cost Canada billions of dollars in increased security costs and will ultimately result in a weaker security reality for all Canadians. I really believe that. I don't think he's a bad man. I just think he's an incredibly weak man. Weak and pathetic.
When he's defeated, he might even rival Joe Clark for the title of the most pathetic Prime Minister of all time.
Maybeeeeee. If that's possible.
(for those of you who don't know, I really, REALLY hate Joe Clark, and I could go on about it all day)
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