Michael Ignatieff emerged from solitude today and pronounced on the Middle East conflict in an op-ed piece in the Globe and Mail. He criticized the Harper government's response to the Middle East crisis as "inadequate" and called for an immediate ceasefire. In doing so he joined other Liberal leadership candidates who had already called for a ceasefire.
Ignatieff's three-week silence is puzzling. This is not academe where you can take weeks or years to formulate your position. This is the real world in all its horror which calls for real leadership. While Harper's prompt support of Israel may yet prove unwise, at least the man is decisive. Which is more than we can say about Ignatieff's belated comments on a critical issue of the day.
The Middle East situation is perplexing. It has bedevilled world leaders for the past 60 years. A two-state solution is necessary but it is not obvious how we can achieve it given the irreconciable positions of the protaganists.
2006/08/02
Ignatieff re Middle East
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I sympathize with the Israelis but it's hard to stomach what they are doing to civilians in Lebanon. Hezbollah's laughing. They're winning the PR battle even though they started the current conflict.
t-h-r-e-e
W-E-E-K-S!!!!
We are in a global war...All of us.
THIS...is a leader??
No.
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