Gimbol's diatribe and screed

Why the liberals don't want to touch Afghanistan

You have to like this.

The Liberals want no part of this touchy issue, if only because on Afghanistan their caucus is the most divided in the House.
Dion argues the mission is failing to accomplish its objective of improving Afghans' lot. But he can hardly rattle a sabre about it, considering it was his party that boosted the Canadian contingent from 850 peacekeepers in Kabul to 2,500 combat troops in Taliban-riddled Kandahar last year. Dion also complains that Harper ramrodded an extension of the mission through Parliament, a complaint that is true enough but that lacks sting, since the Liberals never gave MPs a vote on the combat role in the first place.
As for the New Democrats ... well, who cares?
Whatever your view on the merits of the Afghan mission - and we believe firmly in this effort - it is hard to deny that the Conservatives alone have stuck to one principled position. Harper has displayed backbone and integrity in staking his political career on the Afghan operation.

Now take the following example and with a bit of selective editing I can come up with these statements as fact.

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When newly elected party leader Stephane Dion bowed to pressure Liberal MP Ujjal Dosanjh called it an act, Omar Alghabra saw Dion as a cornered man, Temelkovski was disappointed and angry when Dion backtracked.

If you read something like that what would you think? That the liberal party was on the verge of a full scale rebellion the likes we haven't seen since....well for about the last 13 years.

Now try to contend this type of selective reporting hasn't been done before by the MSM.

posted by gimbol @ 11:10 AM