Mixed Message. Selective Listening
Likewise, we condemn any type of extremism. Of course, what took place was ugly. Offending the Holy Prophet is quite ugly. This has very little or nothing to do with…
Iran
Iran & Israel: The Timing of the Attack
Today we probably learned the outer limits of the timing of an Israeli attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities during a speech to the UN by Prime Minister Netanyahu. Israeli red…
Obama’s Noise Gaffe on Iran-Israel: Will it cost him the election?
President Obama made a remarkable statement on 60 Minutes when he characterized the Israeli government’s concern about the need for a red line to deter Iran as ‘noise’ which he…
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Responds to Canadian Embassy Closure
It is quite good and an appropriate response from ‘Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’. 🙂 CBC, This Hour Has 22 Minutes. Hilarious!
A Voice of Sanity on Iran
Journalist and columnist Joe Klein offers some calm and sane commentary while others are clamoring for war against Iran: H/t Roger Ebert Recommend this Post
Angry Benjamin Netanyahu gives interview to NBC
Benjamin Netanyahu’s interview with David Gregory of NBC,”Meet the Press,”. A very angry Netanyahu. “Benjamin Netanyahu: Iran Containment Supporters ‘Set A New Standard For Human Stupidity’.” It looks he is…
Fair Weather Friends: Western Reaction(s) to the Middle East Protests
The ongoing protests in the parts of the Middle East and North Africa, ostensibly in the wake of a Z-list anti-Islam film produced in the US, have elicited the same…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Jeffrey Simpson marks Peter Lougheed’s passing by discussing what he brought to Alberta’s political scene that’s been sorely lacking ever since: Mr. Lougheed,…
Netanyahu, Harper, and the War on Obama
The other night I accused Stephen Harper of timing his decision to sever ties with Iran in order to ratchet up tensions, just before Benjamin Netanyahu went ballistic. Why is…
Canada: Sending a message to Iran, or giving up on it?
Following up on my previous post regarding Canada’s sudden decision to completely sever ties with Iran, I have these extended thoughts on why this was way too fast and too…
New column day
Here, on the importance of substance over spin in politics – and the counterproductive effect of dedicating a party’s resources to the opposite effect. For further reading…– As I’ve previously…
No Go Argo
When I saw the trailer for Argo, I had a flashback to the Tommy Douglas Story. It was obvious from the focus of the plot that the CIA was going…
In which Mulcair muddies the waters
This was NDP leader Tom Mulcair yesterday on the Harper government’s decision to cut off diplomatic relations with Iran: …it’s … becoming increasingly clear that there were serious concerns, we…
Stephen Harper and the Red Line
When it finally hit me why Stephen Harper suddenly cut ties with Iran, I felt slightly dizzy. So great was my horror. For it seems obvious to me that it…
Photo Tells Us Why Canada Severed Diplomatic Ties With Iran
Last Friday, the right-wing Conservative government of Stephen Harper closed the Canadian embassy in Tehran, and kicked Iranian diplomats out of Canada. Since than, Canadians have struggled to figure out…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Don Lenihan responds to Allan Gregg’s recent critique of Canadian politics, featuring this on the connection that ought to exist between ideology…
Who’s protecting Canada now that we’ve left Iran?
There’s no doubt sanctions need to be put on Iran. And at first, I thought John Baird had a lot of guts going for the jugular like this. But wasn’t…
Harper gov calls Iran ‘a threat to global peace’: Chomsky on the real threat
In a move that has greatly pleased Israeli PM Netanyahu the Harper government has shut down its Iran embassy and expelled Iranian diplomats in Canada. On Sept 7 Harper’s foreign…
The folly of shunning Iran
“Keep your friends close and your enemies closer,” said the oft-quoted ancient military strategist Sun-tzu. Our government, as militarist as it is, has decided to ignore this advice and cut…