Quote Originally Posted by Beirut
There are many aspects of Harper I like, but his conduct during the conflict last year between Israel and Lebanon was unforgivable.

He backed everything Israel did, from destroying Lebanon from top to bottom, to blaming the Canadians killed by Israel for their own demise. Harper sold us out, he put foreign interests ahead of Canadian lives and I'll never vote Conservative as long as he's there. The bottom line is that when Canadian civilians and UN Peacekeepers are being killed, he'll turn his back and walk away. Unforgivable.

It's a shame, really. I want to like the guy, but I can't get past what he did.

(Sorry. Don't mean to OT your thread Goofball.)
Oh yes, poor Lebanon. This has already been discussed and I can't see the state of Lebanon as a victim. As to the poor Canadians, these were what; tourists, peacekeepers, fool peace activists that like to throw themselves in front of bulldozers? It seems like you believe that they were intentionally targeted and you feel that you're owed something. Blame the Hezbollah that were using the observation post as a launching site. Modern technology decreases the probability of friendly fire deaths but doesn't eliminate it.

I think what you're failing to realize was that these "foreign interests" were perceived to be Canadian foreign interests, even if you don't feel that they are. Besides, that's a rather narrow-minded and fickle reason for branding all members of his political party. Don't tell me that you're a single issue, or single incident, voter.