Peter MacKay: Global Village Idiot

Estranged from both honesty and honour, Peter MacKay chooses Christmas to deliver his master's message. Of course, the terminally stupid will clamour to his side because their bottomless hatred of the moslem middle east will not allow for an opportunity to spew to go by unspittled.

So to Peter MacKay a challenge, if his many "concerns" about "certainly Iran" hold any water, if these deeply undiplomatic and confrontational statements are something he feels he can stand behind, then he and Harper must declare war on Iran. To do otherwise colours them as either cowards or craven liars. In fact, if he is bold enough to use the holiday for this purpose, he must be intensely sure of his standing and a declaration of war should be forthcoming. There can be no other response to these accusations. By stating that a sovereign nation is supplying arms against our soldiers and abetting our enemies in open conflict, well, that describes acts of aggressive war.

When do we invade Pete? Fat fucking Steve seems to think that supporting the troops means getting more of them killed. Fat fucking Steve thinks it makes him look like a player on the international stage and his ego demands nothing less. He wants to look like a player. Well here's the big chance to get ahead of the game and lead. You popinjays want to be tough guys for the world, well put up or shut the fuck up. How about calling that big press conference, all the microphones, the drama of flash photography and the stentorian address, Canada declares war on Iran.

We can borrow fifty bucks and fuel up a couple of boats to head off and invade. All those other countries can come along if they like, I'm sure Mr. Cheney would arrange for some assistance, he's a fucking stand up guy. When he isn't snoozing through important events, he's all about the big time killing. Of course you have proof positive, right Pete? What else could explain such bold words? Never mind those doubting Omars, like Omar Samad, Afghanistan's Ambassador to Canada. What the fuck does he know about the situation that Peter MacKay wouldn't know? I mean come on, Peter fuckin' MacKay, that's the very soul of gravitas there.

Well here's what Omar has to say:

But Omar Samad, the top Afghan diplomat in Canada, told CTV Newsnet on Wednesday that there is no evidence about where the IEDs actually originated and who brought them to Afghanistan.
"Iran is a neighbor and we have good relations," he said. "The point is -- and the questions that have to be answered (and) are being looked at as far as who is involved in this. Is this a smuggling issue? Is this a policy issue by some government? Is this maybe an attempt by arms dealers to bring arms from a certain source?"

How could it be any clearer, Iran who freely provided support and intelligence to overthrow the Taliban and help install the Karzai government, obviously wants a do-over. Because, uh, because of so there and they hate our freedom over here so we have to liberate them over there. The godless bastards have the gall to not attack the Afghanis or us. How could it be any clearer? They haven't got a nuclear weapons program and they haven't attacked us and they haven't been proven to have anything to do with this arms business, jeeziz, they haven't done all of those things to make us look bad and lull us into a false sense of security. Sneaky damned not-Arabs.

The fact that Canada requested American Ambassador Wilkins accompany MacKay and Hillier on this little outing means nothing suspicious okay. Don't go there, he's just a great guy and they like him. He tells good stories on the plane. They borrowed his car for the ride to the airport or something. Ignore it, pretend he wasn't there, it means nothing. What could it possibly mean? Maybe Pete was trying to be nice to him, kiss up a little and maybe score one of sweet Condi's cell numbers. One that doesn't go to an OTB in the Bronx.

Peter MacKay had best be stepping up with something better than "concerns" if he's going to go shooting his fool mouth off. It is unbecoming of a Canadian Minister of the Queen's Government to be casting unfounded accusations about on that world stage. If Peter MacKay is a decent man, a statesman, and if the government he represents was one that cared a fig for honour, he will either produce compelling evidence or he will apologize to the people of Iran and resign from a post that is clearly beyond his ability. If our government is determined that Iran be our enemy, then let it be for something that Iran has actually done and something that we can prove. This sort of petty brinksmanship is un-Canadian and it just won't do.

Weepy Pete On Tour

In a "surprise" jaunt over to Afghanistan, weepy Pete decided to spend up some of those good, good tax payer dollars to visit the troops. Now that would be a fine, even noble thing were it not for the war mongering and politicking he did on behalf of Junior''s next war of choice. Using a Christmas visit to the troops as cover, the smug little fart took the opportunity to keep the war fires burning with claims of Iranian weapons flowing to the Taliban. CTV has coverage of the visit and quotes MacKay as saying: "Afghanistan has "very negative influences coming in from other countries -- Pakistan, certainly Iran in particular," he said. "We're very concerned that weapons are coming in from Iran, we're very concerned these weapons are going to the insurgents and keeping this issue alive."

I suppose in the wake of the NIE disrupting the flow of premium bullshit about the fabled Iranian nuclear weapons program, somebody had to get to spewing a fresh line of dung. And who better than Peter MacKay. Why, nobody would suspect Condi's sycophantic, milquetoast admirer of catapulting a man-sized portion of weapons grade propaganda. Consider this the first salvo in what will be a winter feces offensive. MacKay has now made a statement that will be repeated. He will of course keep muttering and yammering as he has been programmed to do but look for it to be picked up by the American slaughter porn fanatics. And the key piece of bullshit rationalization has already been uttered. With the proviso that Iran and the Taliban hated each other almost to the point of open conflict, all bets are now hedged on the 'enemy of my enemy is my friend' plan. Fucking yeah. Just like it worked in Iraq. Because the Shia and the Sunni both hated the American invaders so much that they put aside their differences and united their forces to fight the crusaders. Exactly. Bullshit.

Congratulations Minister of Defense, Peter MacKay, you have whored Christmas and used our troops to sow further seeds of discord in the world. After all, things wouldn't be complete without yet another mindless cauldron of slaughter and suffering in the ill conceived war on terror. I'm sure paunchy Steve tucked into his third, forth and fifth helpings of turkey secure in the knowledge that our troops were away from their families helping him play the tough on the world stage. Let me pose this question to the cock noggins running this absurd show, when are pissants like Peter MacKay going to address the role of the Saudis in all of this murderous folly? When is George Bush going to stop holding hands with the funders and bankers of this generational conflict? When are all of the tough guy arseholes like Harper going to shut their gaping pie-holes and work to bring peace to the Afghanis instead of more bloodshed? How many more Christmases will our soldiers be apart from their loved ones for the sake of political blunderers and buffoons, the fat of belly and head?

Screw you MacKay. How dare you use our forces as stage props for your sinister mission. So much for that Peace on Earth line, forget the good will to all men. Just another day, just another political opportunity to put one over. Fuckers.

Suffer the children...

skdadl at pogge points to a post at
verbena that exposes the horrible plight of Kevin, a Canadian child and his family, currently held in a detention center in Texas. The facility is a privately run, for profit, conversion of a maximum security penitentiary. Amy Goodman's interview with Kevin and his father Majid is up at
democracy now.

Pending any sort of charge or action on the part of either the Canadian or American governments, this family is lost in legal limbo. This is where they are being held:



T. Don Hutto Residential Center
1001 Welch St., P.O. Box 1063
Taylor, Texas 76574

Total Beds: 512
Customer Base: Immigration and Customs Enforcement
ACA Accreditation: Yes
Tour Contact: Warden Liles 512-352-3502

A Residential Center indeed. The sort of residence where a Canadian child is kept in a cell and left to languish. The kind of residence where an innocent, Canadian youth develops asthma, sleeps next to an open toilet and waits. Waits for some help. The kind of help that Mr. Peter MacKay might render between rounds of lapping at Ms. Katrina Boots' heels and sharing manly tears with Buddy, the neighbour's absorbent dog. As the child of immigrants and the first of my family born in Canada, I am sickened by what's been done to this family. Perhaps Mr. MacKay might dial the number for Warden Liles, listed above and arrange a tour on the behalf of an unjustly imprisoned Canadian child, on behalf of Canada. He could even invite Condi to join him, it would be like a second date.

It seems, from the company's web site, that CCA has been running private detention facilities for 20 years. All evidence would indicate that in George Bush's America, they are indeed at the forefront of a booming growth industry. One thing I found deeply weird is what looks like the irradiation of the prisoner and guard in the graphic at the top of their page. Creepy shit.

The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement site paints a rather glowing picture of a family friendly facility. Somethig that struck me was this:

"The facility includes three large shaded pavilions outdoors and spacious outdoor play areas."

If that is so, why is it that during the telephone interview with Amy Goodman, the boy says this?

"Kevin says: “I want to be free. I want go to outside. I want to go home to Canada.”

I want to go outside. The kid is nine. It's one thing to have spacious play areas. It's another thing to let kids use them.

That boy is every bit as Canadian as I am. He was born here and this is the only home he has ever known. His parents had fled Iran, seeking asylum in Canada. In December of 2005, they were deported by Canada and returned to Iran. In Iran they were imprisoned, abused and threatened. Fearing for their lives, they once again fled. A case like this shines a light on the central lie of the far right. These are the very people that they pretend to support. These are the people that want to see change in the rule and regime of a nation that we are told threatens our freedoms. These are the allies that we need and must support if there is to be substantive and positive change in the balance of power in the middle east. These are the very fucking people that the right claims that we need to fight endless, bloody war to liberate.

If everything that the far right proclaims about the brutality of Iran is true. Then should this young family be returned there, they will surely perish. These are people fleeing a repressive regime. They have fallen into the clutches of another repressive regime. The American government has committed a crime against this Canadian child and his parents, refugees from a sworn enemy. The circumstance of their abduction is both chilling and repugnant, it smacks of institutional racism.

Why is it, that only one family, on a Canadian airline with no U.S. stops or destinations, is detained for failure to produce a visa? The flight made an emergency landing in Puerto Rico, after a passenger fell ill. Why would any passenger on that flight have a visa for the United States? Why were they not all detained for failure to produce such papers? Why has our neighbour and ally abducted and imprisoned a Canadian child? I would like to see some answers and a response from the Canadian Government. I will be writing my letter to Mr. MacKay in a moment. I urge you to write to the Minister for Foreign Affairs and demand that Kevin be brought home, that his family's request for asylum be revisited.

You can write to Mr. MacKay here:
mackap1@parl.gc.ca
mackap2@parl.gc.ca