tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8667867.post5213842519803711295..comments2023-10-22T10:46:18.594-04:00Comments on Cardinal47/Politics and living in the world: Is Hillier a public servant or a Conservative politician?cardinal47http://www.blogger.com/profile/15686583132311235803noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8667867.post-40531575538581771212007-02-17T23:04:00.000-05:002007-02-17T23:04:00.000-05:00Hillier is rumoured to be planning a run for polit...Hillier is rumoured to be planning a run for political office, perhaps in NL. He shouldn't be using his senior military position as a platform to launch a political campaign.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8667867.post-81372408820920638242007-02-17T20:18:00.000-05:002007-02-17T20:18:00.000-05:00If Hillier is such a Conservative "advocate" or "p...If Hillier is such a Conservative "advocate" or "prop", one wonders why the Liberals saw fit to approve his promotion to the position as leader of Canada's Armed Forces.Feynman and Coulter's Love Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05129851946309441082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8667867.post-61570249146351085832007-02-16T23:42:00.000-05:002007-02-16T23:42:00.000-05:00General Hillier is too close to the Conservative g...General Hillier is too close to the Conservative government. You often get the impression that he is an advocate for conservative policies.In a democracy the role of a General such as Hillier is to privately lobby government on behalf of the armed forces and to discharge government policie, n=but not to serve as a mouthpiece for the government.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com