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Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame
In addition to using Hell and Holocaust references and how Canada is staunchly behind Israel, I believe our clearly partisan approach to the issue leans too heavily towards the support of Israel, at least publicly - it's just not balanced enough. Donations/Funding to Palestinian projects has all but dried up, and yet Harper continues to talk about a two-state solution. It seems like a contradictory position - I just feel like he speaks in rhetoric, and John Baird is no better.
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I don't see it that way at all. He took a stab at the rest of the world who is afraid to call a spade a spade - Israel is a democracy and the rest of the world judges Israel different from any other democratic country. Harper, and Israel, want peace. The only solution is a two state solution, because a single state solution will mean no more Jewish people in the region.
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Our country is taking an image hit around the world, and while that doesn't bother some, I am bothered by it. Canada is turning into the loud shill underling of the American foreign policy gamut. Not a fan of that direction.
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Absolutely, and rightly so. Harper said it best - standing with Israel is the right thing to do even if it makes you unpopular. I would rather be right and take an image hit. It is lunacy to side against Israel, period.
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I would also venture to say that relations with other Arabic countries in the Middle East are strongly tied to how much/little one supports the Palestinian cause.
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Sure, absolutely correct. History is proving that Israel is in trouble simply due to proximity to these nations. A democracy makes these places look very bad, and time caught up to these places. People are revolting. I would rather side with a country with human rights than a place that didn't.
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Politics is 90% visual.
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Go ahead and be political, I will side with what is right.