Commentary

March 8, 2002

by Barry Stagg

CFRB Morning Inglorious

Mr. Woloshyn,
This morning ( March 8/02) you made a remark roughly to the effect of the Israel-Palestinian conflict coming down to our suicide bombers against your suicide bombers. The Israelis do not produce suicide bombers. The Palestinians do and promote suicide bombing as a feat of religious martyrdom. In my estimation, your comments pander to the silent but pervasive anti-Semitism that is symptomatic of the pretentious neutrality known derisively as the 'Canadian disease'.

Establishing equivalency between terrorist murders and the military response to such carnage is the tactic tried unsuccessfully by leftists against the U.S. early on after September 11. Unfortunately, but predictably, Israelis and Jews are a much easier target for this kind of cowardly illogic. Please do not contribute to the smug righteousness that supports such nonsense.


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