Soldier Dies, Layton Calls For Pullout, Repeat
Monday, December 31, 2007
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If I were to give credit to the Liberals, it would be for the fact that they don't use the political opportunism of Dr.Jack Layton in requesting Canadian troops withdraw from Afghanistan every single time a soldier is killed in action. It's important to be consistent as a political leader, to be sure, and Jack Layton is every bit as consistent about his position from day one: leave Afghanistan to the fundamentalists [retired Blogger Olaf would likely object to that line of consistency]. I've been unforgiving of Jack Layton on my blog, but not intentionally so. The NDP leader merely has done little I personally think is good public policy or good for the nation. It is during these little moments of political opportunism that I dislike him the most.
“The death of a soldier always focuses the minds of Canadians, first on the family and then on the comrades in the field,” Mr. Layton said. “But it also raises once again those questions as to whether there is a military end in sight here.”
This could be construed as a heartfelt statement from a leader who truly identifies with and laments the loss of human life. That is, if it weren't for the fact that Jack Layton uses this sound byte every single time a Canadian soldier dies, on cue, for the mass media to pick up on.
Sunday, September 3, 2006 in CBC News
"This is the wrong mission for Canada," Layton said Sunday at a news conference in Toronto following the announcement of the soldiers' deaths.
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Monday, December 31, 2007
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If I were to give credit to the Liberals, it would be for the fact that they don't use the political opportunism of Dr.Jack Layton in requesting Canadian troops withdraw from Afghanistan every single time a soldier is killed in action. It's important to be consistent as a political leader, to be sure, and Jack Layton is every bit as consistent about his position from day one: leave Afghanistan to the fundamentalists [retired Blogger Olaf would likely object to that line of consistency]. I've been unforgiving of Jack Layton on my blog, but not intentionally so. The NDP leader merely has done little I personally think is good public policy or good for the nation. It is during these little moments of political opportunism that I dislike him the most.
“The death of a soldier always focuses the minds of Canadians, first on the family and then on the comrades in the field,” Mr. Layton said. “But it also raises once again those questions as to whether there is a military end in sight here.”
This could be construed as a heartfelt statement from a leader who truly identifies with and laments the loss of human life. That is, if it weren't for the fact that Jack Layton uses this sound byte every single time a Canadian soldier dies, on cue, for the mass media to pick up on.
Sunday, September 3, 2006 in CBC News
"This is the wrong mission for Canada," Layton said Sunday at a news conference in Toronto following the announcement of the soldiers' deaths.
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