Prime Minister Stephen Harper echoes hawks on Iran

[CHIMO]

One of the best and most popular things Jean Chrétien did was to refuse to participate in the 2003 American war on Iraq. He did so calmly but firmly — telling George W. Bush that Canada would not get on board without the approval of the United Nations.

Yet here we have Stephen Harper echoing Israeli and American right-wing warmongers who want Iranian nuclear facilities bombed by Israel or the United States or both, with the help of allies, if any could be roped in. Such a war would be illegal, outside the framework of international law, since it is not likely to have the approval of the Security Council.

On Friday, at a news conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Ottawa, Harper refused to give a clear answer to a very clear question:

Would a unilateral Israeli pre-emptive strike on Iran be acceptable to Canada — and “would you support it?”

http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/1140321--prime-minister-stephen-harper-echoes-hawks-on-iran


Prime Minister Stephen Harper with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday in Ottawa. (March 2, 2012)

[PDJane]

1. That's because he'd go.

He's a christian dominionist and he's looking for a war to put Canada on the same stage as the US.

I would like to see him thoroughly disgraced.