Irans früherer Führer war „Macht des Bösen“, sagt der Verteidigungsminister, während er Ottawas Unterstützung von Luftangriffen verteidigt
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-irans-former-leader-was-force-for-evil-defence-minister-says-as-he/
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For the defence minister, the Ayatollah was only a „force for evil“ in the sense that he was a rival of Canadian (and western) imperial interests. Nobody in history has ever waged war for „moral“ reasons
Does the minister also support strikes on Israel, since their leader is wanted internationally by the ICC for inciting genocide?
The statement (like this sub pointed out right away) was a complete miss. Carney should have just focused on hoping civilians staying safe and the protestors being able to use the strikes to their advantage. But instead it was just a repeat of Isreali talking points that the Americans were putting out
Honestly I think the criticism here is pretty overblown. This government’s actions and statements are near identical to to the Chretien government’s on Iraq (condemning Saddam Hussein’s regime, saying that they should not have access to WMD’s ,but firmly refusing to join the U.S intervention etc.) Yet so many people here are acting like it’s some kind of massive blunder by Carney.
The Liberal government would never describe Netanyahu as ‘evil’, despite perpetrating genocide in Gaza.
It’s clear to see where they stand regarding ‘evil’.
The Ayatollah only wishes he’d caused even a fraction of the destruction and suffering as US/Israel.
Israel gets to bomb 6 countries in a year on top of a genocide. US gets to threaten all of their allies while interfering in Venezuela and Cuba. Between bombing innocent people leaders from both countries are implicated in what may be the worlds largest child abuse/human trafficking ring. Both nuclear armed belligerents committing illegal wars of aggression
But sure.. it’s Iran that tried every diplomatic option that’s the force for evil. Say what you want about what they do domestically, any one looking at this objectively from a geopolitical standpoint can see who the real bad actors are.
Not to mention, trying to link us to this disaster has put a target on all ourbnacks for blowback and has made us less safe. We’ve made ourself a pitential target for terror attacks and gave further legitimized US imperialist wars of aggression based off of fabricated lies.
It’s just pure racism from a class of people who buy into thw whole „clash of civilizations“ shtick. Than they have the audacity to call this completely reckless, racist, bloodthirsty endeavour as „realpolitik“ once again like for every criminal act US empire has committed. This isn’t even for the benefit of US hegemony. The only people who are profitting off of this are arms dealers
Did he defend a „backing of airstrikes“ or back those strikes in the first place?
Reading this or the very carefully worded statement on the strikes, I don’t see either.
I see them saying the death of a very evil man is in isolation a welcome development. I see them say they generally support actions that will lead to specific goals.
But when asked about specific actions, Carney and McGuinty both say Canada will have nothing to do with the airstrikes, that cooler heads should prevail, and that there should be an immediate cease-fire.
As for Lloyd Axworthy, I don’t know whether he is lying or has simply deluded himself because he needs to salvage his muddy self image. Canada took an even harder pro America stance on Iraq, in fact supporting the invasion and allowing some Canadian military personnel to be involved on the periphery, while not becoming directly involved because of a technicality.
From Jean Chretien’s speech to Parliament on the subject:
>Mr. Speaker, I am proud to stand today to support the motion before the House, a principled motion where we reaffirm our decision not to participate in the war in Iraq but to continue our participation in the war against terrorism in Afghanistan, a motion where we reaffirm our friendship with the United States and the United Kingdom and **our support for the success of the coalition**
Carney and a lot of people are going to look very stupid if this reckless war run by Netanyahu, Trump, and Hegseth (very trustworthy competent men – let’s support them illegally leading the world into war!) goes off the rails (already is with the chaos and destruction of stability in the Gulf).
Oh but Khamenei bad. Iran bad. So it’s all good. Let’s plunge the world into chaos and spiraling war and support it! Some Iranians say Trump should bomb them so that’s good reason to plunge the world into chaotic war. Khamenei bad.
Carney will look like a fool if in the historical perspective this ends up like Iraq or worse. And that’s not even getting into how it undermines our own ability to stand firm on the principle of sovereignty and against illegal wars which protects us from hegemonic power as well.
Any politician, government official , who advocates for imperialist wars should immediately be required to enlist themselves or one of their family members to serve on the front lines.
It’s crazy to see this rapid turning Liberals to neoconservative ideology. It’s a complete acquiescence to an authoritarian worldview, an abandonment of democratic ideals and international law without even the duress of coercion. And Liberal supporters here using the same nihilistic „realpolitik“ of Kissinger rather than any objective epistemic justification. At least Chretien, for all his faults, was smarter than this.
This has been a disgusting and sad turn towards authoritarianism by our politicians and those defending them.
Just a reminder that only around 20% of Americans support this war. It makes no sense to spend so much of our political capital defending this military action.
Perfectly possible to condemn the regime and acknowledge its evilness without supporting unilateral strikes against a country that can plunge the wider region into chaos that negatively impacts Canada’s strategic allies who have nothing to do with this.
Evil dictators and regimes are dime a dozen in this world, but that doesn’t give either Israel or the US special powers to unilaterally depose anyone. They are not the rulers of the world or the ultimate authority on justice.
I don’t like when politicians use language like „force for evil“. It plays into the „divine righteousness“ that removes us from reality. States like Israel and the US use it to legitimize their own atrocities.
Khamenei is responsible for an enormous amount of suffering, and I hope his death bring an end to further suffering, but with Trump and Netanyahu leading this offensive, I won’t hold my breathe. Just today Trump said „someone from within“ the Iranian regime might be the best choice to take power.