I’ve only posted a little bit about Israel’s military action in Lebanon because I’d like to focus on domestic politics, but it’s hard to avoid the conflict when Canadians keep dying there.
This morning’s papers featured Harper’s unconcerned reaction to the killing of a Canadian soldier after Israel bombed a UN outpost just inside the Lebanese border. I found it completely bizarre that his first instinct was to question why International Observers were present at the post rather than why in the hell Israel bombed them. He might as well have questioned why Canadian families would vacation somewhere that Israel might want to bomb in response to the earlier attack.
I thought Harper was less crazy after reading this story in the Ottawa Citizen describing how the UN post had been used by Hezbollah as cover for rocket attacks into Israel. But regardless, Israel knew that UN observers were working there, and if they wanted to attack that location they should have ordered them to evacuate before launching air strikes in the area. Canada deserves an apology for this tragedy, and our Prime Minister should demand it.
Article: Harper demands answers on UN death
Article: Hezbollah was using UN post as ’shield’
