Canada Almost Alone In Supporting Guantanamo

Is this not the same reason that Bush illegally enerted
Iraq on(amoung others)? The cruel and inhumane treatment
of others? Why does the UN continually stand against
this,yet,does nothing. They(UN)can bark all they
want,until they bite....wait.....thats right....Bush had
thier teeth pulled by a hinky piece of legislation or some
such thing did he not?

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A little peice of heaven is found in good deeds.

oops almost forgot. Canada's gov and thier silence is
paramount to the beaten wife who won't speak out against
the brutality. Shame on you !

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A little peice of heaven is found in good deeds.

This is HORRIFYING. The worst yet from Foreign Affairs.

I'm writing to Peter MacKay right now.

Please do the same!!!

Eleanor

(And send a copy to the Foreign Affairs critics:

Stephane Dion, Francine Lalonde, Alexa McDonough, and your own MP.)

What did everyone expect from this government. Harper said enough when he stated that we would lose out on the rebuilding contracts if we did not go to war in Iraq with our "friends" the americans. This government does not lack intelligence but empathy. Apparently there is no law but brute force. I'm sure harper would be tickled pink if "Mr danger" wanted to put a gulag in our country.
THE WAR ON TERROR IS A LIE!!!!!

I'm waiting for the New Canadian Conservative Government to sign a bilateral non-surrender agreement (so-called Article 98 agreement) with the U.S., prohibiting the surrender of U.S. nationals to prove our sensitivity to the United States of America's new position in the world of global dominance!

Remember someone or something could take advantage over them now!

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Perception is two thirds of what we perceive reality to be.

Difficult decisions are a privilege of rank.

I just discovered (on Sat at 10:45 pm Eastern time) that I could no longer open links to the Globe and Mail, even though I opened this story this afternoon.

Wish now that I had copied-and-pasted it.

Why does the Globe suddenly want to make everybody log in? Can anyone explain this?

... so is the 9/11 attacks (here I mean that they are lying about whom really did the attacks).

Eleanor, I agree with you and will also be writing. I'm certain that I'll get the usual platitudes back from the chimps in Ottawa when they get around to responding some months from now.

It is important for Canada to declare if we are in favour of human rights and international treaties. By remaining silence, we are clearly indicating that we're okay with human rights abuses and the shredding of international law. Countries truly concerned about fighting the good fight should also insist on war crimes tribunals for those involved, even if it extends as far as my good buddy GWB.

Rico AB.

"Why does the UN continually stand against this,yet,does nothing?" Maybe the UN would if there was an oil for good conduct program. But there isn't so the little shakedown artists at the UN remains silent waiting for a better get rich quick opportunity.
Am I reading you right that you are frustated that the UN doesn't just swat the US? You're really dreaming, aren't you?
Oh the drawbacks of being from so peaceloving a country that you can only pray for God to smite your enemies and your friends. That's wicked. That's frustration. That's not how you guys said it would be when we gutted the military.

"Am I reading you right that you are frustated that the UN doesn't just swat the US? You're really dreaming, aren't you? Oh the drawbacks of being from so peaceloving a country that you can only pray for God to smite your enemies"

The UN does nothing because it has been stripped of any real power by the same folks that brought us 911. The idea that the US military machine actually belongs to the US and it's people for their good, is ironic. While the Military might of the US is busy smiting it's enemies a curiously large number of US citizens seem to picking up the tab. A tab that is less conspicuous if the reasons are solid enough. What was the reason again for Iraq? First there was the lie, then the humanitarian cover, then... It's not easy keeping track of the morphing rationale for the invasion. Surely truth is more constant in nature.

"That's not how you guys said it would be when we gutted the military."

WHO gutted the military, and WHO cheered it on? Need we feel more reassured that now Harper is promising needed military funding while steering our military more in line with the Bush administration objectives? Why can't we just have debate on the role of our forces? The assumption that support for military spending is an automatic endorsement for missions like our past and current roles in Afghanistan is false. The issues of military funding, and the role of our military funded or not, are separate issues.

When one says something like" The same folks that brought us 911" I am curious who they are referring to. And as for gutting the military, who would they side with if the U.S. Invaded our country. Just because George is a spendaholic we should not be paying his bills.

Mallus, I believe that 911 was an inside job, nothing about the official version holds water. Bush, Rumsfield, Cheney and the global elite who's objectives they further are "the folks" that brought us 911.

I have no idea who they would side with (if they is the Canadian military) if the US invaded our country. Depends on who really pulls the strings on Harper and Hillier. I'm not encouraged about the autonomy of our countries military, with the change to an offensive role in Afghanistan, and no debate, and a mirror of the American rhetoric used "to question Afghanistan now would undermine the morale of our troops" in other words shut up, bury the dead, wave the flag. How Canadian is that?

And, no we shouldn't be paying bills for GWB.

It stated: "In Ottawa, Foreign Affairs spokeswoman Marie-Christine Lilkoff said the government understands the need for Guantanamo. "Canada is sensitive to the need to ensure that persons who are a danger to international peace and security not be provided with the opportunity to resume a direct part in hostilities or re-engage in terrorist activity," she said in a written response to questions."

The Canadian government may well understand, but Lilkoff's gobbledigook does not make it any clearer to me why torture should be condoned. By not speaking out, Canada becomes a henchman and participant in the inhumane treatments at this facility, which is a permanent blot on the US.