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In support of evil

by Klaus Rohrich

Friday, august 4, 2006

To listen to some of Canada's Old Guard, one would get the impression that Stephen Harper was attempting to impersonate George S. Patton. Both Jack Layton and interim Liberal leader Bill Graham are claiming that Harper initiated a tectonic shift in Canada's global stance when he said the Israeli attacks on Hezbollah positions in Lebanon were a "measured response". It would appear that the Left is so invested in the idea that Canada should pass no judgment on any evil anywhere that they would go to any length including a revision of history, to keep this country positioned as a neutral "honest broker".

There's one small problem. Canada, with the exception of the last 13 years, during which the Liberals have steered the ship of state onto the shoals of moral ambivalence, has always been a country that has taken sides. It's only recently developed leftist orthodoxy that has made it possible for a Hamas suicide bomber who detonates himself among a crowd of Israeli teenagers in a Tel aviv restaurant to be on the same moral level as an Israeli soldier killing guerillas in the heat of battle. and that's very thin ice.

Difficult as this may seem for the likes of Layton, Graham and their toadies from what used to be the mainstream media, sometimes there is an absolute right and an absolute wrong, both of which are predicated on one's moral and ethical precepts. Not to have these precepts is to be morally bankrupt.

It might be a good idea here to remind those Canadians whose moral compass has lost its magnetization of some basic truths surrounding what's happening in the Middle East.

The conflict there is larger than the Palestinian refugees' wish to recover lands they lost nearly 60 years ago to the newly formed Jewish homeland. It's about the rise of a system of belief that advocates the subjugation of women. It's about a system of belief that advocates death for homosexuals, adulterers and apostates. It's about a system of belief that advocates the extinction of the world's Jews and the establishment of a worldwide theocracy. It is a system of belief that is anathema to all that progressive Canadian thinkers supposedly stand for.

Yet it appears that if there's an opportunity to gain political advantage, no matter how small, all the so-called cherished Canadian values go out the window. Certainly the Canadian value of distinguishing right from wrong seems to have been dumped by the Left in the interest of casting Stephen Harper and his Conservatives in a bad light.

The Left does not wish to acknowledge that Islamic extremism has made significant inroads into Canadian society and is commencing its campaign at imposing a theocracy on Canada. While it's great to be tolerant and inclusive, there is a point at which we, as citizens of a nation that prides itself on its freedoms, need to take a stand. The proverbial line in the sand is currently in Israel. If we abandon the only true democracy in the Middle East, then the line in the sand will move closer to home.

Those who believe that warnings about the rise of Islamic extremism here at home are unjustified should seek out Tarek Fatah, the former head of the Muslim Canadian Congress, who this week felt it necessary to resign his position because of death threats against him and his family. These threats did not come from Jews. They came from Muslims who did not like Fatah's "progressive" attitudes towards Canadian women and gays. In a recent radio interview, Fatah named Mohammed Elmasry, the University of Waterloo professor and head of the Canadian Islamic Congress, as being one of the chief instigators against him.

It's all well and good to attempt to gain political advantage for one's party. Doing so at the expense of what's right creates a default position that is supportive of evil.


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