Conservative Isolationism

Now that Harper along with about 200  Jewish sympathizers  has spent millions of our tax dollars travelling to Israel for a love in, we proved to the world just how out of line we are in International diplomacy. We have already separated Canada from the environmental community, axed the relationship with the UN that we cherished over the years and now totally destroyed our standing with the Middle East community of nations with his ill advised words to please his friend in Israel.

A small country of about seven millions and supported by the military might of the USA it has acted in a manner which can only be described as selfish and cooperative with it's neighbors. In 1948 Britain and others divided up the land in the middle east to provide a home for the persecuted Jewish People by cutting a border through land populated by several distinct nations. There was little thought for these people because after the war Britain and others were tired and just wanted to get some order in that region of the world.

The Palestine  Nation was unorganized and had few advocates so lost it's opportunity for a border to give the people land they could call home. This error at the time resulted in an unsettled situation right up to this day. This question will never be settled as long as the two sides are unable to talk with some degree of compromise.

Harper made things worse by being an echo of the Jewish  stand in these negotiations. He basically committed Canada to stand by Israel through fire and water. He had no right to speak for me on this question nor 70% of Canadians who disagreed with his speech as being balanced. It was the most unbalanced speech imaginable and it did not properly express the Canadian feelings about our foreign policy.

Harper has done everything within his power to make Canada look and act like a right wing conservative nation and so far he has managed to do so. Canada has been lowered to a level of mistrust and in some cases disgust by the international community. We can only hope to change this problem through the ballot box next year. I personally am embarrassed by our Prime Minister and likewise the Mayor of Toronto.