Comments on: Coalition for Change and Afghanistan: Time to get it right http://paulsgraham.ca/2008/12/07/coalition-for-change-and-afghanistan-time-to-get-it-right/ Communications, politics, peace and justice Sat, 05 May 2012 19:33:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: NoDifferencePartyWorker http://paulsgraham.ca/2008/12/07/coalition-for-change-and-afghanistan-time-to-get-it-right/#comment-196 Mon, 22 Dec 2008 11:07:25 +0000 http://paulsgraham.ca/?p=437#comment-196 It would appear the NDP has resolved the contradiction by simply abandoning the anti-war position: Please tell Jack Layton most of us don’t support this war. layton.j@parl.gc.ca

]]> By: Devin Johnston http://paulsgraham.ca/2008/12/07/coalition-for-change-and-afghanistan-time-to-get-it-right/#comment-195 Sun, 07 Dec 2008 19:53:33 +0000 http://paulsgraham.ca/?p=437#comment-195 “I’m sympathetic to Kellogg’s point of view, but I’m not totally convinced. This coalition business might provide an opportunity to talk to Liberals about the evils of imperialism and the Liberal’s sad record of supporting it.”

I’m somewhat ambivalent on this point. On the one hand, the NDP’s demand to both Liberals and Conservatives that even one more day is too long to stay in Afghanistan has clearly failed. In that sense, the NDP in cabinet at least provides an opportunity to nudge the Liberals toward withdrawing sooner rather than later.

That said, it puts the NDP in a very awkward position to have to defend their support of and participation in a pro-war government.

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