Finally, the NDP has realized the stupidity of their position and, against the wishes of the Liberal Government, are going to investigate the carnage that they, along with the government and NATO have caused. Yet the NDP still refuses to recognize that they are party to war crimes and a cause of the death, destruction and creation of the refugee problem by going along with -- indeed supporting -- bombing without the slightest evidence that there was any ethnic cleansing or genocide going on before the bombing -- but rather that it was us (NATO and Canada) that precipitated the cleansing and atrocities that followed from our most stupid policy. Our Prime Minister and Foreign Minister both claim they had no idea what would follow bombing. This is patent nonsense as I know of several personally who had e-mailed them to to warn them exactly what would follow but they, of course, ignored such advice. In fact, like Clinton, Canada and the US exhibited incredible ignorance of the situation in the Balkans because they were too preoccupied with defending they sexual honour or, in Cretian's and Axworthy's case, their lap dog acceptance of scraps at the White House Banquet Table. As far as I am concerned, there is nothing the NDP can now do to salvage their honour and intregity, no matter how many trips they take to Yugoslavia to view the scene of their crimes. Still, if it does anything to bring the NATO carnage and killing of civilians to an end, we should be gratefull for small blessings. Paul Phillips, Economics, University of Manitoba Date sent: Thu, 06 May 1999 13:40:21 -0500 From: Ken Hanly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Send reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pen-l <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [PEN-L:6479] Svend Robinson Statement and Trip > Sven Robinson is Foreign Affairs Critic of the Federal NDP. > Initially, he and the party supported the bombing. > Cheers, Ken Hanly >
[PEN-L:6490] Re: Svend Robinson Statement and Trip
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