Third letter to the Globe - Copenhagen conference

After criticizing Harper for following the U.S., the Globe's editorial now criticizes him for not following Obama to the Copenhagen conference. Make up your mind. Contrary to your editorial, Harper is showing leadership by refusing to attend meetings of international flap-jaws and spending his time in potentially useful meetings.

Two letter to the Globe - Nov 26

1. The Globe's front page has two major articles. The first deals with success in rescuing
a Canadian from torture by the Somalis and the other is a criticism of Canadian leaders who may have
allowed Canadian soldiers to hand over Afghani prisoners to the local government to be tortured.
What is clear is that torture is part of the culture of much of the non-western world and if we have to be there
we must accept this barbaric custom as normal for them. We continually look away from torture used by our
allies in Egypt, Syria, Saudi Arabia and many of the African countries. Canadians certainly should participate
in it as little as possible, but sometimes in a war, it is not possible to adhere to political and social niceties.

2. Israel's offer of a new settlement freeze has been rejected by the Palestinian leasership as as not enough
to begin peace talks. The message is clear. For the Palestinians, either a Palestinian state or Israel can
exist in the area, but not both. Since Israel will remain, peace can only come through the annexation of the
the West bank by Israel, as Jordan has absolutely rejected it. What happens to the local Arabs after this
will no longer concern the world as it will be an "internal matter".

incitement to genocide

The other day I went to see a mock trial of Ahmadinejad on charges of incitement to genocide put on by the Simon Weisenthal Centre. It is clear that genocide can use weapons like ovens, machetes, or bombs and it is still genocide. To his credit Cotler has brought the suggestion to try Ahmadinejad in an international court on a private members bill to the Canadian parliament. However my question is as follows. If we want to try Ahmadinejad before an international court, why is Cotler and most of the world supporting a two state solution? Both Hamas, which will probably govern a Palestinian state, and Fatah, are undoubtedly guilty of inciting to genocide. It is only necessary to look at their constitutions and their hatred expressed in their children's books and radio and TV programing to see the truth of this. Why support the establishment of a state whose leaders are already guilty of inciting to genocide? It may be politically correct, but isn't it suicidal?

Letter to the Globe - Simpson - the Liberal Spin

I'm afraid Mr. Simpson's head must have been spinning when he talked about the Conservative spin machine. He must have meant the Liberal spin machine, not the Conservative one.. The Liberals found people who disagree wth the useless and extremely costly gun control laws. Big deal. It should have been repealed long ago. Secondly, the Liberals complained that the Conservatives gave probable terrorists to their countrymen to do what they wanted with them. What else were they to do, set up another Guantanamo Bay or perhaps free them so they could return to kill more Canadian soldiers? If the latter happened the Liberals would jump on Consevative policy. Lastly the Liberals criticized the Conservatives for saying they were more pro-Israel than the Liberals. Firstly it is obvious from the voting patterns at the UN that they are, and secondly it implies that the Liberals never supported a particular issue of a minority group in order to get votes. Please! What hypocracy! The Liberal spin machine is spinning so fast that Ignatieff is falling off his perch.

Re: National Post - Nov 19th

Funny I thought that people went to university to learn for their future life. Apparently Father de Souza would be disappointed if, after graduation, one of his football players ended up as a professional doctor, lawyer or priest, instead of a football player.

Welcome back Mark Steyn to the National Post. It is another reason to keep reading Canada's best paper.

Harper's "nobnobing" with Chabad in India is indicative of his fight against terrorism whether the terrorism is against the strong or the weak, and wherever it occurs. It is wholly admirable.

The assumption that East Jerusalem is Arab lands because more Arabs than Jews live there has no more validity than saying that Bramalea and Detroit are Arab lands because more Arabs than others live in those two places.

If Jew-haters on campus and Islamic countries can say Nazism = Zionism why can't B'nai Brith etc publish an ad that Islamist = Nazism? Shouldn't the former be protested more strongly than the latter and the hatred shown in the former have been protested loudly for years as it has been going on for years? Isn't the constant Zionism = Nazism proof that Islamism = Nazism?

National Post - who is a Jew? - Nov 16th

Who is a Jew

It is quite clear that since there are Ethiopian Jews who look like Ethiopians, Indian Jews who look like Indians, Iranian Jews who look like Iranians, Syrian Jews who look like Arabs, and Scandinavian Jews who look like Scandinavians, Jews are not a race. They are a culture, a civilization, a religion or more likely, a combination of all three. Suggesting that Jews are a race is a show of ignorance. Jews are a small minority of the population and it is easy to look at them and avoid the larger, more immediate and more important questions that should have been raised by this court case. As Jews are generally peaceful, the important question after the Hasan incident is "Who is a Muslim? Is it a person of peace or a radical Islamist jihadist?" Another question is "If a religion shows prejudice or racism against others, such as the prejudice shown against Gays by all three Abramic religions, what should the state do and should the religious institution have state funding?"

The real question is not whether Jews constitute a race, but whether religions should be exempt from the standards of morality and the values of the host country.