…Not that I am either disappointed or angry. I do not accuse him of hypocrisy. If I were Stephen Harper I would do exactly as he has: publicly defend Israel but officially go along with the policies of similar governments because Stephen Harper may love Israel but is paid a salary to defend Canada and Canadians. And if his government were not to take the politically correct line and even come out in support of Jewish sovereign rights in Judea and Samaria, he could become another Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama responsible for the killing of four US personnel in Benghazi. If Canada was not to take the conventional position, this would license in the minds of the homicidal Hamites here in the Middle East an attack on a Canadian consulate, embassy, business or people. Stephen Harper may be a great friend of Israel but he is a greater friend of his own countrymen and it would irresponsible to go public with support for Jewish rights to Judea and Samaria… |