8/03/2006

I don't see any Bias. Do you see any Bias?

By Don Martin of the Calgary Herald:

It was a predictable, unflinching performance, the only quibble being that MacKay spent more time commiserating about burnout in his bureaucracy than doing his feel-their-pain routine for the Lebanese war victims.

And MacKay gave no hint the government is softening its position, even as Israel goes about dropping bombs on children huddled in high-rise basements, UN peacekeeper posts and Montreal family reunions.

The Hezbollah rebel militia is very very bad, he says. Terrorists. Thugs. Provocateurs. Nay, a "cancer." Israel is the victim, the defender and entitled to counterattack at will. Lebanon is thus left to be pitied and aided wherever possible, but is essentially collateral damage caught in circumstances beyond its control.

That's the government position in a nutshell and you can put the transcripts under a microscope and you won't find any shifting nuances in his wording.

There was no call, as Opposition MPs demanded, for an immediate cessation of hostilities.

Our friend Don seems to be pissed at the conservative government and just as pissed at the lack of opposition effectiveness. Just another MoonBat's head exploding if you ask me...