Leftwing Don't Believe There Is A Terrorist Threat

And their wailing and knashing of teeth about our troops in Afganhistan and the war in Iraq is mainly about having a forum to berate Bush, Harper, Blair, et al. The left, epitomized in Canada by Jack Layton, leader of the fringe party know as the ndp, are burying their head deeper and deeper in the sand and as someone pointed out when you do so you leave your butt exposed to attack.

EDITORIAL: This PM's not for turning

Here's what Prime Minister Stephen Harper's critics in the NDP, Bloc and the Liberal party would have you believe.

That having surprised everyone -- certainly in the Ottawa press gallery -- by narrowly winning the last federal election, Harper is now doing everything possible to lose the next one.

Yep, that's what you have to believe if you buy the argument of a patriot like NDP Leader Jack Layton, who argues Harper is wilfully acting as U.S. President George Bush's stooge by committing our troops to fighting in southern Afghanistan in order to ... uh ... in order to do what, Jack?

Commit political suicide? Deliberately drive down his popularity in anti-war Quebec in order to prevent the Conservatives from winning a majority next time out? Stir the wrath of the soft Liberal voters he's trying to win over in Ontario by siding in a war with an American president they generally loathe?

Why would Harper pursue a policy of continuing military engagement in Afghanistan, knowing it is unpopular with the very voters he needs to win a majority government next time out, unless ... unless ... he's acting on principle?

Maybe he just believes that fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan is the right thing to do. That Canada must do its part to prevent Afhganistan from ever again falling into the hands of the Taliban, who gave safe haven and aid to Islamist terrorists while they plotted 9/11 and other atrocities.

Now, the Liberals claim that they are the only political party that ever takes principled stands. Same goes for the NDP.

And both of these parties contend that when Harper appears to take a principled stand, it's only because he has a "hidden agenda" to do something else. In this case, according to their logic, to deliberately lose the next election. Sure, guys.

We know the Liberals and NDP have many principles. And that if you don't like the ones they have now, all you have to do is wait a while and they'll have some new ones.

For example, Layton supported Canada's military mission to Kandahar a year ago. Now he opposes it. Ditto most Liberals, who chose the dangerous Kandahar mission for our troops when they were in power, and likewise now oppose it.

We believe Harper has as many principles about Afghanistan as the NDP and most of the Liberal caucus.

The only difference is, he's actually sticking to them.