POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN IN TORONTO'S GLOBE AND MAIL
Richard Colvin is a genuine Canadian hero.
How rare it is to find an honest man in government, and rarer still to find one who puts his career at risk for hard truth.
What Colvin's words say for the characters of the people who surround Harper is very unpleasant.
But what else would you expect?
Harper always supported America's ghastly war crime of invading Iraq, and we know from countless examples in recent years that Harper's idea of ethics almost define the banality of evil.
And Harper has no qualms about Israel's several mass murders in Lebanon and Gaza. He's gung ho for a state openly practicing ethnic-cleansing and apartheid.
Following America into the mire of Afghanistan has been terrible for Canada, squandering our nation's reputation as well as lives and money while achieving nothing of worth.
As to Mr Peter "My word ain't worth much" and "I call my ex a dog" Mackay's attempts to throw dirt, well consider the source.
Apart from all his other accomplishments, MacKay has demonstrated his intellectual weakness in several poorly-handled jobs.
His word carries no weight weight in any balance of arguments.
Particularly when he is aiming to undermine a man of distinguished achievements, substantial intellect, and genuine honor.
Good God, Mackay, is just plain pathetic.
Harper's crowd has brought us a stinking copy of right-wing Republican shabby politics.
The stuff about the letters to certain constituents deemed Jewish and containing suggestions about opposition of anti-Semitism is right from the gutter. So too any attack on Colvin
