Stephen Harper, leader of the free world. This is the sort of thing that the President of the United States should be saying, and Harper’s saying it only underscores the immensity of Barack Obama’s moral abdication.
“PM accuses Hamas of using human shields, urges world leaders to side with Israel,” Canadian Press, July 13, 2014 (thanks to Kenneth):
OTTAWA – Terrorists are deliberately placing people in the path of an Israeli offensive aimed at stopping rocket attacks from Gaza, says Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
Harper says there is evidence that Hamas, listed by Canada as a terrorist organization, is using human shields in its attempts to stave off the Israeli offensive.
“The indiscriminate rocket attacks from Gaza on Israel are terrorist acts, for which there is no justification,” Harper said in a statement issued Sunday.
“It is evident that Hamas is deliberately using human shields to further terror in the region.”
Harper also called on other world leaders to rally behind Israel as it tries to prevent rockets being fired from Gaza into its territory.
Silence, he suggested, would only embolden Israel’s attackers.
“Failure by the international community to condemn these reprehensible actions would encourage these terrorists to continue their appalling actions,” Harper said.
“Canada calls on its allies and partners to recognize that these terrorist acts are unacceptable and that solidarity with Israel is the best way of stopping the conflict.”
Harper’s statements came as Israel briefly deployed ground troops inside the Gaza Strip.
Israel had earlier warned northern Gaza residents to evacuate their homes as the six-day offensive that has killed more than 160 Palestinians was widened.
The United Nations Security Council and others have called for a ceasefire but the attacks have only escalated as Israel masses tanks and soldiers at Gaza’s borders.
Israel widened its range of Gaza bombing targets Saturday to include civilian institutions with suspected Hamas ties. One strike hit a centre for the disabled, killing two patients and wounding four people. In a second attack, an Israeli warplane flattened the home of Gaza police chief Taysir al-Batsh and damaged a nearby mosque as evening prayers ended, killing at least 18 people. Fifty were wounded, including al-Batsh himself….
Jovial Joe says
A WESTERN leader calling out Islam?! Do mine eyes deceive me?! A majestic moment!
Mazo says
You are highly mistaken. Stephan Harper has said nothing about Muslims or the religion of Islam. He is a typical pro-Israel neocon, who takes the same typical positions as neocons on world affairs.
Harper has supported Kosovo independence, supports Syrian rebels and American military action against Bashar al-Assad, supports Ukraine and Georgia against Russia, supports the Canadian effort in the war in Afghanistan and also the Iraq War.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/harper-defends-kosovo-recognition-as-unique-case-1.745468
http://read.thestar.com/?origref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F#!/article/522a0b3bec06913568040f12-stephen-harper-urges-military-action-against-syria
http://mg.co.za/article/2013-08-29-canada-joins-military-backing-against-syria
In other words, exactly like former neocon American President George Bush, who supported Israel, supported Kosovo, supported the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and opposed Russia in Georgia.
When Yasser Arafat invited Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic to Palestine to celebrate Orthodox Christmas, Israel responded by threatening to arrest Milosevic if he stepped one foot into Palestinian territory. Many Palestinians and Serbs sympathized with each other’s causes against the west and Israel.
http://archive.ocl.org/?id=7540
http://www.commentarymagazine.com/article/the-israel-of-the-balkans/
So much for pathetic fantasies of an anti-Islam alliance.
Jovial Joe says
Notice I praised SH for calling out Hamas (an achievement in itself) and said not a word in respect of his other commitments. And I find your implicit support for the dead war criminal Slobo deeply questionable. I for one don’t support the slaughter of unarmed civilians (as at Srebrenica), be they Muslims or not.
Semeru says
Hold on there JJ, Slobodan Milošević and Serbia were not responsible for Srebrenica. The alleged perpetrators are Radovan Karadžić (left), former president of Republika Srpska, and Ratko Mladić (right), former Chief of Staff of the Army of the Republika Srpska
Jovial Joe says
Actually the Scorpions, a Serbian paramilitary group, were directly implicated in the massacre, and what went down with them was given state sanction at the time. But even if Slobo were not implicated in this particular atrocity – seriously?!
Semeru says
Milošević was found dead in his cell on 11 March 2006, before the trial could be concluded; he was therefore never found guilty of the charges brought against him.
Amazingly in 2007,
The UN’s top court has cleared Serbia of direct involvement in genocide during the Bosnian war, but said Belgrade did breach international law by failing to prevent the 1995 massacre at Srebrenica.
“The court finds that Serbia has not committed genocide,” International Court of Justice (ICJ) president Rosalyn Higgins told journalists after today’s ruling, the ICJ’s first in a genocide case.
The United Nations’ court, set up to deal with legal disputes between states, found that “massive killings” and atrocities occurred throughout Bosnia with Bosnian Muslims being the victims in many cases.
However, “the evidence did not show that these terrible acts were accompanied by the specific intent to destroy a group that is the required proof of genocide”, said Higgins.
The European Union’s foreign policy chief Javier Solana welcomed the decision not to hand down a “collective punishment” and expressed hope that it could lead to “the final reconciliation of the peoples” in the region.
“We think it will contribute to close the page of history, that was dramatic, very painful and very damaging for many, many people,” Solana told a press conference in Brussels.
Bosnia had accused Serbia of masterminding a genocide through widespread “ethnic cleansing” during the brutal 1992-95 war that left more than 200,000 people dead.
The ICJ found only one act of genocide – the massacre at Srebrenica of nearly 8000 Muslims by Bosnian Serb troops – and said there was not enough evidence to suggest Belgrade was directly responsible.
However, it ruled that Serbia had failed in its responsibility under the 1948 genocide convention to try and prevent the killings.
While the ICJ ruled that Belgrade had given “considerable military and financial support” to the Bosnian Serb leadership, the court found it did not mastermind the slaughter in Srebrenica.
“The decision to kill the adult male population of the Muslim community was taken by some members of the main staff of the (Bosnian Serb army) but without instructions from or effective control by (Serbia),” the court said.
Higgins stressed the case had also “conclusively proved” that the Serbian leadership, and former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic in particular, “were fully aware . . . that massacres were likely to occur”
http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/un-clears-serbia-of-genocide/2007/02/27/1172338582657.html?page=fullpage
Jovial Joe says
In an item extolling the virtues of a Western leader who publicly declares the truth, you’re blathering on about one Slobodan Milosovic. The mind boggles.
Sovereign Man says
You are a Jihad-loving dirtbag muslim, Mazo. I have read some of your other trash. You have no clue about PM Harper, and despite yours, the CBC’s, and the Toronto Red Star’s best attempts, his achievements speak for themselves. The more he is smeared, disparaged, and viciously attacked by the likes of you and other braindead groupthink morons, the better he looks to normal folks.
Mazo says
Instead of addressing or disproving any of the facts I stated, Sovereign Slave starts flinging insults. Hey Sovereign Slave, why not comment on Harper’s support for Kosovo and for Syrian rebels?
Charlie Griffith says
Mazo is a Troll….
“Mazo
July 13, 2014 at 8:06 pm
Instead of addressing or disproving any of the facts I stated, Sovereign Slave starts flinging insults. Hey Sovereign Slave, why not comment on Harper’s support for Kosovo and for Syrian rebels?”…..end paste.
CdnCrusader says
Mr. Harper has stated during a tv interview that islamism is our greatest threat to national security. The only world leader to do so.
Peter Shearer says
Yes he did C.C. He made it shortly before the 10th anniversary of 9/11. Here is a link with a video clip that contains the interview segment in which he said it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_oOKxkFhwE
Also, here is a clip from August 2012 regarding his stand on Israel.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkLxMLRpyt8
All in all I would say he has been pretty consistent over the years in his defense of Israel. His stand is based on moral and ethical principles not political ones. I think that is one of the reasons the left hate him.
Obama the jihadist supporter says
Harper has taken a neutral stance saying both sides of the Syrian war do not represent Canada’s interests.
Charles Martel says
No so fast, my friend. When CAIR demanded the PM dropped the Rabbi from his group when traveling to the Middle East, he had no trouble saying that a group of terrorists was not going to tell him what to do. Do do you know of any dhimmi Western leader saying something of that sort?
Naturally CAIR is suing for the insult, etc., etc., but who cares? The Canadian PM slapped them in the face, and called them for what they are.
Shane says
Yes, it so rarely happens especially since Obama became President. Obama is the worst President and the least loyal President in American history. He refuses to secure the border and he refuses to identify our enemies. Besides that, the man is just an incompetent leader, and an America-hating left winger like his father.
Alarmed Pig Farmer says
People dismissed the criticism of electing a president born of a Moslem father, a guy who went through a phase of praying to Allah during his youth in Jakarta, this according to his mother. I never bought the idea that he’s a secret Moslem, to me he’s a fake Christian secular humanist atheist.
But he’s sympatico to Islam. And here we have the U.S. taxpayer funding Hamas and tolerating the nuclear arming of Persia. It’s disgusting to see the mindless support he gets from American Jews, pure counter-productive lapdog stuff.
From Huma Abedin getting a security clearance to open support of the Mo-Bro-Hood. Obama is as bad as advertised, with full cover of the mainstream press.
John C. Barile says
Mr. Harper is to be commended for his outspoken support of Israel. His government’s positions align with reality, not fantasy.
By contrast, Mr. Obama’s policies have actually aided HAMAS’ reprehensible breaches of the peace, and empowered HAMAS with an advanced arsenal of ballistic missiles–the direct consequence of Obama’s interventions in Libya, Egypt, and Syria; and also because of his laxity and weakness towards Iran.
Marylou says
Hey, Good Buddies to the North,
Can we borrow this guy when you are through with him? Pretty please? Just long enough to unscrew our country? (No, scratch that, that might take a while.) And don’t worry about the citizenship thing; that’s no obstacle here anymore. We promise we’ll return him in 8 years in good condition. Thanks for considering, and while you’re considering . . . do you think you could consider a little faster?
Love,
Your Good Buddies to the South
Yang says
Not all Canadians believe in the USA ideology . Many Canadians do not agree with what Harper says or does. The Canadian government is more or less a puppet for the USA state dept. Canada is over run with USA business. The USA dollar is over valued and is false . Many Canadians do not like the way the USA sticks its nose in every other countries business . Many Canadians believe that the USA gun laws are wrong and very flawed . At the last election Mr Harper got a majority government with 29 percent of the vote . 51 percent of Canadians did not vote. In Canada we vote for a Party , we do not vote for Leader . The party does that. Even if you do not like this guy . Canadians really have no say in how a government runs there country.
Warren says
Yang,
This Canadian says you are full of sh*t. If This Government was a puppet of the U.S., then why is Harper saying the things Obama is too afraid to say? This has nothing to do with gun laws, but your mere mention of it says a LOT about you. You are a Toronto-centric lefty NDP or Libereal who would decry Harper if he rescued a kitten from a tree. YOu suffer from HDR, or Harper Derangement syndrome, just like most everybody that lives in Toronto. The rest of your anti-Harper screed is just more cry-baby reaction to the Liberals losing another election. You best pray that your ‘Messiah’ Trudeau can get enough votes to form a government that suits your principle-less, naive view of the big, bad world out there. How would he stand up on the world stage in regards to this event?
“I’m Justin Trudeau, and I believe that Canada should never actually have any form of opinion about anything, anywhere, at anytime, regardless of morals, justice or Canada’s best interests unless the mighty U.N. tells us what to say. We will continue the long-held Liberal tradition of not having the testicles to actually stand for anything, ever, no matter what. We will also send our hopelessly under-equipped and under-funded military into the worlds hot spots with no guns or ammunition, no rules of engagement, and beholden to the orders of some even more weak U.N> comander in the face of mass murder, genocide or attack by any or all of the combatants were stand between wearing our very stylish blue hats. But PLEASE, don’t ask us to pick a side or anything like that. ”
I bet I have you pegged dead-on, Yang. I can almost hear your sputtering, but predictable reply. “But, but, … BLA BLA BLA BLA BLA BLA, Honest Broker, We invented Peacekeeping, Bla, Bla, Bla. U.N. Sanctions…. Bla.
Shove it, Yang. You don’t speak for Canadian…. you speak for spineless, urban Toronto metrosexuals who would piss their pants if they were asked for their lunch money.
Shane says
Thanks for telling off that America-hating left winger. We have a bunch of guys like that in our country too. Why is it that so many left wingers hate the USA and Western Civilization in general? It could be that they are learning hatred for the USA from left wing professors in college. Left wingers are traitors who are as bad as the Muslims that they defend from legitimate criticism.
Terry says
Yeah, I think you’re full of shit too. Typical eastern lefty. I’m one Canadian who wishes we had the USA’s second ammendment here. I know that scares the crap out of metrosexual pussies like you. Boo fucking hoo.
petey says
no you cant have him, sorry, we want to keep him!, but hey, safe haven to the north if you need it yank, your always welcome here…
Dan says
Put a sock in it Yang.
Most of us Canuks fully support Israel, and wish another Regan would appear.
And S. Harper got in because even the liberal controlled east got sick and tired of the liberals ruining our country.
And since people like you keep ranting about U.S. interference, well the world is in the mess it’s in right now because of Russian, Chinese, and radical Islamic interference.
What?
You think Stalin, Mao, and now Putin, are sitting home twiddling their thumbs?
Prior to Obama at least, the U.S. was keeping such aggressions in check.
God Bless the U.S.A.
BUTSeriously says
How dare Israel illegally occupy Israel. Let’s demand never-ending 2-states till there is none, and let’s appoint Roman Popes who call Muslims as Palestinians – that should fix those bad Jews. But Paristan and Londonistan is happening and its coming to your doorsteps also. Heaven has her vays too?
Shane says
Israel does have a few allies in the West, and I hope the USA will be one again when the next President takes office. Even Shillary would be a better President than the left wing and incompetent Obama.
CdnCrusader says
Thank you Mr. Harper. You make us proud to be Canadians.
jed says
Yang is a moron just trying to misdirect the conversation into usa bashing. Its a common tactic from people who cant defend their own views, such as islamists.
The only problem I have with the US is they elected Obama bin laden…twice. That worries me. You guys need to get a grip on your education system…its one of the first targets of islamization, and all those little kids are of voting age now. Its showing
shirl of the gate says
muslim parents, a mosque , in Thornhill ON Canada, are teaching 4,5 yr olds….
beheading …. is isis is doing ….
Canadian Pm Harper is right…. islam ism is a threat to Canada
Ban islam in Canada, close down mosques, muslim compounds, areas, camps, organizations in Canada …
Stop islam ism in all schools in Canada