DU Poll: Should Canada get rid of law against speaking to terrorists?

[Harper_is_Bush]

A Liberal MP of ours recently took a trip to Lebanon and said Canada should be able to communicate with Hezbollah in order to help forge a lasting peace. The Conservatives are jumping all over him for making the suggestion....of course parroting the Bush Conservatives who never engage anyone.

Please help this poll out, right side near top: http://www.ctv.ca/

[Harper_is_Bush]

1. Current ly 1444 yes, 5593 no. It's been freeped. n/t

[Kagemusha]

2. What's the point? Nothing Canada can say would help.

Sure, Harper's posturing, but posturing in the other direction would only make Canadians feel better.

[Harper_is_Bush]

3. You don't understand the US/Canada relationship.

The support of Canada's government helps Bush quite a lot.

And you're not up on your Canadian history. We've brokered a couple of peace deals in our day.

[Kagemusha]

4. I'm very up on my Canadian history. Back in the day Britain had clout.

Now it's nothing more than Bush's poodle. Times change. The US is the only power Israel cares about. Not Canada, not Britain, not the UN - the US is the only power that Israel deigns to listen to seriously.

As for Canada's support for Bush, aside from a few soundbytes and headlines internationally, it's nothing. In the US such support well... I doubt many people have even heard of it.

[Jack Rabbit]

5. But they;ll have to get rid of it

. . . if Harper wants to say "Hello" to his friend the Frat Boy.

[lostinacause]

6. Hezbollah is not interested in peace. They are less interested in peace

then Israel is. Because of this negotiations are pointless. This is almost as stupid as Harper's unconstrained support of Israel.

I know this is a pessimistic view of the situation, but it is foolish to think that negotiations will stop the hatred between the people of this conflict. Until people are ready for peace death will continue.

[Harper_is_Bush]

7. In case you haven't noticed there is peace at the moment.

And who said anything about "negotiations"?

The question is should they be talked to. Should the Canadian government be allowed to speak with any of they 20-odd members of the Lebanese government who were DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED who are members of Hezbollah?

[Vidar]

8. done. oh well.

[laundry_queen]

9. done and kick. n/t

[Kagemusha]

10. Follow-up: the liberal MP has resigned foreign affairs critic post

http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2006/08/23/resign-liberal.html

All candidates for the Liberal Party leadership condemned the remarks, though what the person seems to have actually meant sounded like completely sane criticism once fully explained (I would shudder to even begin to compare it to the fake apology from Sen. Allen re: "Macaca"). Nonetheless, no one seems to really, well, care...

[Spazito]

11. CTV's online polls skew very right wing...

so this result is not surprising, imo.