Can we trade Obama for Harper? Not a fair deal? Okay, how about if we throw in a President To Be Named Later?
Canuck anti-dhimmitude: “Cancellation of Gadhafi trip doesn’t stop N.L. rumour mill,” by Roman Zakaluzny for the Canwest News Service, September 26 (thanks to Weasel Zippers):
Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi has cancelled a planned
visit to Canada, officials said Saturday, but the speculation that
surrounded the stopover by one of the world’s most reclusive leaders
was continuing on Canada’s East Coast.Canadian officials said Gadhafi had scrapped plans to land in
Newfoundland this Tuesday, purportedly to refuel his plane and spend
the night.It was an abrupt cancellation to a visit that has been cloaked in
mystery and has kept the Rock’s rumour mill working overtime -including
speculation the trip might still take place.Word of the visit immediately caused a stir, with Prime Minister
Stephen Harper ordering Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon to
greet the leader upon his arrival to express this country’s outrage
over the hero’s welcome Libya recently gave Lockerbie bomber Abdel
Baset al-Megrahi. The alleged former Libyan intelligence officer, who
is terminally ill, returned home after being released from a Scottish
prison….