"In the New York Times several years ago, he talked about the issue of evil," Rae said, interrupted by boos from Ignatieff supporters.
"He said to fight evil, we sometimes have to do evil," Rae said, including indefinite detentions, coercive questioning and targeted killings. "To me, this has nothing to do with the Charter of Rights," he said.
Ignatieff said his mother's fiance died under torture in Buchenwald, one of the Nazi death camps, "so you can be pretty much assured I am against torture."
He proclaimed himself to oppose a missile shield as protection against strategic dangers.
His supporters say while the article raises the question of using unsavoury techniques, Ignatieff himself never endorsed them.
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If Iggy wins the next federal election will be the Clash of the Necons.
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"I think it's important to always carry enough technology to restart civilization, should it be necessary." Mark Tilden
This is exactly the kind of reasoning that has been used by neo-conservatives to change the meanings of many traditional terms. Ignatieff has engaged in a form of verbal gymnastics. Early writings give a good clue as to how a leader will perform in office. After studying Stephen Harper's early writings virtually nothing he has done so far is a surprise.
Ignatieff writings make it easy to class him as an American imperialist. Like Paul Martin, a corporate globalist who seemed indecisive because he could not find a way to make that ideology acceptable to the electorate, Ignatieff often puts his foot in his mouth by trying to make his ideology politically palatable.
Funny, I yelled out the same thing just this morning after hearing it said on CBC radio.
My wife seeing me turn a little red with anger, calmy asked me what I always ask her when she gets emotional after hearing a news item:
"How do you know it's true?"
Indeed!
Does anyone know for sure how these creeps are selected? How can anyone as a party member seriously consider selecting Iggy???
For all we know Iggy is on the losing end of the stick. I sure hope so, although he may "win" anyway.