Which Axis Is This Anyway?

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The image above is from the front page of today's 'Independent' from Britain.

It is, to say the least, very arresting.

Unfortunately, it may not be quite right.

Because if yesterday's Globe (and No Longer Empire) Mail is correct, the Maple Leaf is actually on the wrong side of the Independent's ledger.

Stephen Harper could have taken the safe route. When fighting broke out in the Middle East, it would have been easy to stick with the usual Canadian formula: denouncing the violence on both sides, calling for a ceasefire, proposing peace talks. Prime ministers down the decades have done precisely that, tiptoeing between the usual American support of Israel and the usual Arab denunciation.

Instead, Mr. Harper did something unusual and refreshing: He said what he thought. He didn’t denounce the violence on both sides; he denounced Hezbollah violence and said Israel had a right to defend itself. He didn’t say there should be a ceasefire; he said Hezbollah was primarily responsible for starting the fighting and must be primarily responsible for ending it. He didn’t call for peace talks; he called on Hezbollah to return kidnapped Israeli soldiers and stop attacking Israeli civilians.

I guess we are all neo-Straussians now.

Maybe it's time we all moved to Calgary for a little re-education.

Sheesh.

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Original Link Source: Cloned Poster at the MoA.

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