Thursday, April 30, 2009

Jonathan Kay on the Tamil Tigers, and moral rehabilitation of the Liberal Party

(By : Jonathan Kay)

(defence.lk)The moral evolution of the Liberal Party of Canada from the days of Jean Chretien to its current manifestation under Michael Ignatieff can be charted in many ways. A decade ago, Liberal ranks were full of America-bashers and noisy cultural nationalists. The party supported anti-Israel resolutions at the United Nations, and adopted the fashionable, amoral posture of "honest broker" in international relations. Jean Chretien himself flippantly defended slush-fund politics in Quebec, and disdained his successor's efforts to investigate the most disgraceful abuses. The party's bosses had one goal - to win votes, principles be damned. Full text