The Canadian government has announced that Canada will boycott Durban III in September 2011.
Carl in Jerusalem is spot on in his remarks about what is going on in Canada:
Once upon a time, the United States could be counted on for moral clarity and to act as the World’s conscience. With President Obama’s attack on American exceptionalism, those days are now gone, and the burden of acting as the World’s moral compass has fallen to other countries. Take Canada, for instance.
On Thursday, the government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper did what any morally sensitive country ought to have done, but which no other country did: The Canadian government announced that it will not participate in Durban III, the 10th anniversary commemoration of the violently anti-Semitic Durban conference, to be held alongside the UN General Assembly meeting in September 2011 in New York.
Canada’s reason for boycotting Durban III is moral clarity at its best:
“Canada is clearly committed to the fight against racism, but the Durban process commemorates an agenda that actually promotes racism rather than combats it.”
While President Obama strives to isolate Israel around the world, Canada is fighting back -- for Israel!
Here is Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper supporting Israel in the way that America can’t while Barack Obama is president:
In October, Canada was voted down for a seat on the United Nations Security Council due to Canada’s bold and unique support for Israel in today’s world.
America didn’t help Canada win the UNSC seat and it appears that “Lazy Susan” Rice didn’t even vote.
Only a few years ago, the American ambassador here would have made a public issue in defense of Canada. But in the maneuvering leading to today’s vote, American diplomats were all but absent.
Support for Israel Costs Canada Seat on U.N. Security Council
Thank you and G-d bless you, Canada.
Hat Tip: Carl in Jerusalem
Tags: Israel, Stephen Harper
Has the USA made any announcement yet?
US Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen is the first Cuban-American to serve in Congress and the next in line to head the House Foreign Affairs Committee. (AP)
Good news. Rodan should like this
Thank you Stephen Harper. Kudos to Carl in Jerusalem.
Nevergiveup wrote:
This is good news for our allies as well.
I hope you all had a happy Thanksgiving. It looks like the US will protest holding the conference in New York in the same month we commemorate the 10th anniversary of 9/11. They intend to stick it in America’s eye. Obama’s denigration of and apologies for America have the opposite affect he intended, our enemies sense weakness and become bolder. (Unless that was his intention, as many here believe.)
@ Rancher:
We should not allow this conference to go over.
Canada’s stock just went up in my book. No flying squirrel air force jokes for a while, anyway.
Contrast Canada’s Moral Clarity with the Moral Cowardice now on display in Not so great Brittan.
Brittan, a haven and safe harbor for cowards and tyrants.
Actually, we were a voice of condemnation for Durban I, did not participate in Durban II, and continue to call out the UN on the anti-semitism in its ranks. Still makes me proud to be Canadian to here stuff like this though.
I don’t know which one makes me wanna puke more, this article about the US or the phone call I just got. Really, this is some straight up bullshit. Go Canuckia!
@ PaladinPhil:
You should be proud.
@ doriangrey:
The UK is lost, already written off in my mind.
NoThreat2U wrote:
You didnt get called from South China did ya?
ThreeHundred wrote:
When they use their police and courts to frighten children you may well be correct.
Three cheers for Canada! Time to go buy a toque, or some Moosehead or another Canadian product.
@ PaladinPhil:
You should be proud indeed!
‘An attack on Israel would be considered an attack on Canada’
Rancher wrote:
I’m waiting for him to cancel the upcoming joint military exercises with South Korea to “avoid escalation and reduce tension” or some such BS.
mfhorn wrote:
mrs coldwarrior and i went to tim horton’s last week…o canada, we stand on guard for thee…
@ doriangrey:
Actually, that would have been better. lol lol
coldwarrior wrote:
Celebrity, eh ?
I cannot wrap my ahead around the fact that this one teeny tiny country has earned the hatred of the whole world. WTF is going on? So much for moving to the beach, I might have to move to Canada.
@ BuddyG:
Obama is not paying attention to such things..he’s now focusing on his legacy. He’s cancelled any plans for a Presidential Library though, and rumor has it he is interviewing architects about building his Pyramid.
@ NoThreat2U:
It’s due to Islamic-Leftist propaganda. The same way Serbia was hated in the 90′s and South Africa in the 80′s. The Left controls the media, so they like to pick on a country. Plus Israel acts too nice and doesn’t tell others to fuck off.
@ Rodan:
I just find it bizarre. I can’t even put it into words. Is the whole world evil? It seems like it because so many people, countries and organizations sure do jump on the “hate Israel” bandwagon.
ThreeHundred wrote:
No Greek columns ?
@ NoThreat2U:
WE AREN’T TEENY TINY!!!!! We are the second largest country in the world!!!!
/land mass wise, population? Not so much.
@ NoThreat2U:
Yes the world is evil. Evil is inherent in human nature. One reason they jump on Israel is because they are perceived as weak. My biggest gripe with Israel is that they are too nice and want acceptance from the world. If Israel decided to be bad fight wars without mercy and assassinate its overseas critics, they would be feared and respected.
America is another nation no one respects.
The world respects brutality and strength. That’s why Russia and China are respected and no one messes with them.
@ PaladinPhil:
NoThreat2U meant that Israel is teeny tiny.
OK, yinz are bad on the DoD. Who the hell picked Ludwig van sodomized?
@ NoThreat2U:
The UN has just become another arm of the OIC. As well it’s been a great place for all those other totalitarian countries to hangout and slag freedom loving countries.
Israeli Women
@ Eliana:
Oops….*blush*
/reading comprehension issues have arisen, time to reboot the brain with sugar/caffeine
@ PaladinPhil:
I meant Israel. lol lol
BuddyG wrote:
It will have those too. Big, gaudy and insanely expensive is the planned theme.
Rodan wrote:
At the rate we’re going we aren’t going to have allies. From the link in the article:
@ PaladinPhil:
Someone should fly a plane into the UN. Yeah, I said it.
@ PaladinPhil:
I heard this on the news on Toronto’s AM740 the other night and applauded. No pussy-footing around, just Canada calling a spade a spade. I’m not ready to pronounce Canada as back from the liberal-leftist abyss, but stories like this are heart-warming in the abstract and embarrassing as an American because I know that my current government would shy away from actually taking a stand this strong.
@ NoThreat2U:
We are living in a new Dark Age. Only the brutal and vicious will survive.
@ Eliana:
As you know Harper is a Conservative. Notice the trend, Rightwingers the world over support Israel.
@ Rodan:
Just…..damn. Sometimes I wish I was blissfully ignorant.
Canadians, the world’s best built people.
NoThreat2U wrote:
Move the headquarters to Geneva or the Hague or whatever. Just get it out of NY. The UN sucks.
Beeduwine wrote:
Oui
@ KGB:
Sad, isn’t it??
Zero says things about the “unbreakable bond” with Israel, but he’s so hostile towards Israel that he makes the “unbreakable bond” sound like handcuffs.
North Korea is threatening the U.S. again and I’m sure that Obama is wracking his brain right now trying to find a way to blame Israel for it.
Jewish families building homes in northern Jerusalem must be upsetting Pyongyang somehow.
Canada’s genuine warmth towards Israel is such a breath of fresh air right now!
@ BuddyG:
Johnny Cash said it best…..
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9bcYLWTX6N0/Sjkcg8qxLDI/AAAAAAAABkk/dcQOxTMKuLs/s400/Fuck+the+UN.jpg
@ NoThreat2U:
Rodan wrote:
Palestinian propaganda is readily accepted by the MSM. Do a google search on “settler runs over Palestinian kid” and try and find the truth amongst all the lies. Here is the truth. They stage these situations where they hope someone gets hurt or killed and then the lies fly all around the world. Even when proven a hoax the lies still outnumber the truth 100 to 1. On the tenth anniversary of the al Dura hoax Charles Enderlin, the Israel bureau chief of the France 2 television network that first ran with that lie, just published a book about it; Un Enfant est Mort (A Child is Dead) that has become a bestseller in France and the winner of the Prix Gondecourt literary prize.
@ Eliana:
There’s already rumors being started by the Alex Jones crowd that this is a Mossad false flag operation to create a crisis in Korea. That way Israel can build settlements.
No I’m not kidding, I read it and didn’t know whether to laugh or cry!
@ BuddyG:
That would make a nice avatar…if I weren’t such a lady
@ Rodan:
?????????????????????? FFS!
@ Rodan:
Exactly right!
Proggies love to accuse us of being unable to empathize with others while they cuddle up with suicide bomber gangs (Hamas) and countries that execute women and gays for their sexuality (even when it’s just a perception of their sexual activities).
@ Rancher:
That’s why Israel should just kill and do what they have to. People fear brutality. A brutal Israel would be left alone. Ask North Korea, it works.
@ BuddyG:
That fence needs a paint job.
@ NoThreat2U:
Suitable Avatar
@ Rodan:
Oh brother!!
Not all that surprising, I guess.
@ Beeduwine:
Did you notice the nice hat ?
@ BuddyG:
LOL I like it!
@ BuddyG:
The one on top of the hag?
Beeduwine wrote:
This is a hag
@ BuddyG:
That really is one ugly bitch. lol lol
Beeduwine wrote:
If that is a hag, then sign me up to marry that hag…
doriangrey wrote:
Maybe I can get her to carry my
purse… err Euro-wennie hand bag for me…@ Eliana:
Nope watch the Islamic media jump on this.
I’m going to work on a post next week on the Hizballah-North Korean connection.
@ BuddyG:
Heh. Cruel.
@ doriangrey:
Yes, she is extremely ok.
@ NoThreat2U:
The day that ugly bitch got thrown out of the White House Press Corps was a great day.
@ BuddyG:
Yes it was.
NoThreat2U wrote:
Yup, pure evil and ugly from the bone to the skin… (Proof that troll’s are not mythical creatures)
@ doriangrey:
Heh. You’re a man amongst men, D. You could wear a brassiere with that purse and still get away with it.
Heh…the anti-Guardian Comment is Free blog….
Israeli NGO’s preparing Flotilla from Ashdod to Dublin*
http://cifwatch.com/2010/11/25/israeli-ngos-preparing-flotilla-from-ashdod-to-dublin/
Hey, anyone else hear about Obama’s busted lip?
LMAO!!
Israel has several allies, the main ones include USA, UK, Germany, Italy and India. Amongst others are CANADA, China and Czech Republic. While, USA is the biggest ally, India is fast emerging as the second biggest strategic partner. Do the math..We have 195 Countries on our globe. Only 8 are strong allies of Israel. That is about 4%. But, on the flipside of the coin. The allies that Israel does have can kick some ass.
Rodan wrote:
I agree, the PR war is one they can’t win so they shouldn’t even try. However you forget that when you say “Israel” you have to include the Israeli left. It seems to me that they are trying to destroy Israel more than our left is trying to destroy America. Caroline Glick has an article on “The Rise of the Suicide Protests” that discusses how Israeli leftist are promoting protests in the hopes of someone getting hurt or killed.
It was the Wadi Hilweh Information Center that organized the stone throwing ambush of David Be’eri and his son. Then they sold the story to the MSM of the evil settler who ran over two Palestinian kids on their way home from the Mosque. Israeli’s themselves are helping the Palestinian propagandists.
Bravo to Canada!All free nations should walk out of the UN. What a travesty.
This is very disturbing and should concern anyone who supports Israel.
@ Bumr50:
Did a magical creature spring forth from his blood that hit the floor?
@ Bumr50:
Must keep my lip zipped on this one.
Hi bumr50!
@ Halman:
Colombia, Costa Rica, Chile and Panama are allies of Israel also and even Italy as well.
@ NoThreat2U:
LOL
@ Bumr50:
The strange thing is it happened while shooting hoops… He should have worn his helmet.
@ NoThreat2U:
Heh.
@ Bumr50:
Heh. I wonder if that flying elbow was really an accident?
Rodan wrote:
I did mention Italy. They have been doing military exercises together. Not much aware of Chili, Panama, etc…Thanks for your input.
Well folks, it looks like we are all about to become international criminals…if we dare to criticize Islam
Blasphemy resolution passes U.N. committee
Nov 24, 2010
@ refugee000:
Fck islam!
@ refugee000:
Bring it on. I don’t recognize the authority of the UN. I am an American citizen.
vagabond trader wrote:
and the UN
@ NoThreat2U:
That’s the spirit. You should teach the euroweenies.
Daily Express calls for UK withdrawal from EU.
@ Beeduwine:
SOMEONE needs to teach the Euroweenies.
@ vagabond trader:
It is also seeking to take an ever more dominant role in border control issues, leaving its member states powerless to control migrant flows not only from other EU countries but from Asia and Africa too. (from your link)
See, that’s what happens when you give your power up to a so-called higher authority.
I want to see free countries leave the UN,then send them packing from NYC to some muzz sh*thole. We’d all be much happier.
@ NoThreat2U:
This comment from the editors should have some peeps going beserko:
@ vagabond trader:
Yeah I noticed that. Message???
@ NoThreat2U:
Don’t touch our junk?
ThreeHundred wrote:
When your entire legacy can fit in a U-Haul trailer with lots of room leftover; planning a Presidential Library is a bit premature.
NoThreat2U wrote:
Not the whole world, just the progressive left.
@ vagabond trader:
LOL
@ Da_Beerfreak:
Well from where I sit, the progressive left is HUGE!
Not much coming from the Hussein administration about this…is there
Muslim Genocide of Christians Throughout Middle East
by Khaled Abu Toameh
November 26, 2010
It is obvious by now that the Christians in the Middle East are an “endangered species.”
Christians in Arab countries are no longer being persecuted; they are now being slaughtered and driven out of their homes and lands.
Those who for many years turned a blind eye to complaints about the persecution of Christians in the Middle East now owe the victims an apology. Now it is clear to all that these complaints were not “Jewish propaganda.”
The war of genocide against Christians in the Middle East can no longer be treated as an “internal affair” of Iraq or Egypt or the Palestinians. What the West needs to understand is that radical Islam has declared jihad not only against Jews, but also against Christians….
@ refugee000:
Pretty horrifying if you’re truly a Christian,wouldn’t you think?
@ Eliana:
This means for us Americans that we must fight even harder to kick Бара́к Хусе́йн Оба́ма’s ass out of the White House in 2012!
The OBama debacles. Weak , naive, inexperienced. The let them eat cake president.
If you are a small time despot now it the time to entrench yourself. OBama will waltz away.
That dumb ass Shepard Smith needs to start chipping away at the Obama frailties.
Who in the GOP is indexing every frame and word of OBama’s public existence and holding him accountable?
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@ PaladinPhil:
First, the Aggies beat the Horns in their own corral; then the Jets win without giving me a frakking heart attack in the process, then the PM boycotts this travesty. Life is good.
Da_Beerfreak wrote:
If Barack Obama is in search of a fitting monument for his legacy, we Canadians, generous devils that we are, could sell him this. Apparently, it’s no longer being used for its intended purpose.
mfhorn wrote:
Probably was an accident. Who the HELL would want to risk contact with Obozo’s blood or saliva? We don’t know where his mouth has been!