Afraid of Fear

Time to attack this sham head on. There are many wars and conflicts throughout the world, ignited and stoked by all the usual sadly human suspects -- xenophobia, greed, stupidity, etc. -- but a "war on terror" really makes little sense. Terrorism is a crime, albeit often an international one. Certainly here at home, it has always been investigated and pursued as one, as it should be. The lofty rhetoric of this near-crusade, however, is becoming increasingly meaningless, and in the US has led to a partial dismantling of some of the very "freedoms" the Bush administration claims made them so unpopular with these (supposedly seethingly envious) terrorists in the first place.

Not content with allowing such an exercise in smoke and mirrors to do its insidious damage south of the 49th, Mr. Harper appears to want to import this disingenuous lie along with a disturbingly familiar grab-bag of trickery straight outta DC, straight into Ottawa, so to speak.

Can we, do we want to, will we, stop him?