Blogger's open letter to Stephen Harper

[JohnyCanuck]

An Open Letter To Stephen Harper

Mr. Harper

In that certain elements of the national news media seem to have already ordained your ascendency to the Prime Minister's Office without the benefit of counting the ballots of actual voters, I feel this would be an appropriate time to ask a question which has been weighing heavily on my mind.

In the run up to the US invasion of Iraq you took a position of unequivocal support for the actions of US President George W. Bush. In your speech to Parliament, 29 Jan 2003, you said:

I noted that there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein operates programs to produce weapons of mass destruction. Experience confirms this. British, Canadian and American intelligence leaves no doubt on the matter. Saddam Hussein's continued non-compliance and non-cooperation with the United Nations only confirms this information. Hansard, January 29, 2003

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So, my question to you, sir, is this:

Given that the Bush administration lied to its own people, manufactured, manipulated and cherry-picked intelligence to build a case against Iraq; and, Given that the Bush administration has violated the Constitution of the United States in conducting illegal communications intercepts on its own citizens; and, Given that the Bush administration is clearly attempting to build a case against Iran:

Would you commit Canadian Forces to combat in support of the President of the United States in a military action, against a sovereign nation, which had neither attacked nor threatened to attack, based exclusively on US originated intelligence and against the concensus of established international bodies such as the UN or NATO?]

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