Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸Mar 4

If only Carney had the courage to say something like this on behalf of Canadians...

Prime Minister Sanchez of Spain:
“Because the question is not whether or not we are in favour of the Ayatollahs. No one is. Certainly not the Spanish people and of course not the Spanish government. The question, rather, is whether or not, we are on the side of international law and therefore, of peace.”

instead we get waffling and backtracking.

#IranUSAIsraelWar #España #Spain #Canada #CanPoli #CdnPoli

Show threadSassinake!Mar 5

@chris

to be fair PM Sanchez has been PM - in politics - longer than Carney, who is an economist first, and a diplomat second.

Spain is an 'old country' that's seen a lot of history happen...

Also, Canada sleeps on the same (continental) bed(rock) as the USA, and they would love to just turn over and rape us.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_S%C3%A1nchez

Pedro Sánchez - Wikipedia

Show threadpatatasMar 5
@Sassinake
It's not even just the fact that Carney won't stand up to Trump — although IMO that's bad enough on its own. It's also that he's calling the US our "ally" and actively pushing their propaganda:

Carney continues to lie about Iran's nuclear capabilities and aims, calling them a "nuclear threat" either today or yesterday. Both the IAEA *and* CIA agree that no Iranian nuclear program exists. Yet its supposed existence was the entire pretext for the US and Israel's unprovoked attacks. Carney is going out of his way to help Trump and Israel by running political & rhetorical cover for them.

This can't be explained away as naiveté, in my opinion.
@chris
Show threadChris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸
@patatas @Sassinake I truly wonder what Carney thought during the run up to the Iraq War when there was at least an attempt by the US Administration to dupe the world into a nuclear threat from Iraq, and Chrétien read the room in Canada, and refused.
Mar 5 at 5:18amWeb
Show threadpatatasMar 5
@chris
Great point, we have been here before!
@Sassinake
Show threadItsDoctorNotMrs 🇨🇦Mar 5

@chris @patatas @Sassinake

Chretien refused to involve Canada militarily in the invasion of Iraq by the USA. I don't remember his rhetoric around the decision, but I do remember that he refused to join the 'Coalition of the Willing.'

On behalf of Canada, Carney has refused to join in the invasion of Iran by the USA. His rhetoric is disappointing, but we will not join this military venture either.

Chretien was dealing with Bush Junior, and Carney is dealing with Trump. To me, Carney has to walk much more softly than any other leader in the world except Claudia Scheinbaum in Mexico.

What Canada does is MUCH more important than what Carney says. Let's stay grounded in reality, eh?

Whole this shit is going on, Carney is travelling to three countries and strengthening trade relations with each while also addressing the Parliament of Australia. I imagine figuring out the right thing to say to every random question from reporters may not be at the top of his mind.

Show threadpatatasMar 5
@northernlights
> "What Canada does is MUCH more important than what Carney says."

Sure! So why did the Liberals take Roshel on a trade mission to the US even after the company had signed a deal with ICE for armoured vehicles?
Why are we putting advance payments down for MORE F-35s?
Why does ICE still have offices in Canada?
Why haven't we cancelled the safe 3rd country agreement?
Why do we continue to send arms to Israel?
Why did we cancel the DST?
Why is the President of Palantir Canada still on the PM's Council for Canada-US Relations?

At some point, the Carney government's support for the fascist USA becomes a pattern.
@chris @Sassinake
Show threadChris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸Mar 5

@northernlights @patatas @Sassinake all true.

However, here we are. Carney found a voice in Davos, where did that go? He had a voice a year ago during the election, where did that go?

To my mind, he is not walking his talk, not even close.

Mexico sent help to Cuba immediately.
We did not.

Sheinbaum called for Peace on Monday (https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/mexicos-sheinbaum-calls-peace-following-182719385.html)
We did not.

Instead, Carney waffles while our batshit neighbour shoots his mouth off and waves around a loaded gun.

Ya, we can try to hide and not say anything that might upset the lunatic and recalibrate with every badly received headline….

Or we could carry ourselves with some modicum of respect, because if we want to make deals with the world, integrity matters.

Mexico's Sheinbaum calls for peace following US Middle East strikes

Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum called for peace following U.S. and Israeli military strikes against Iran. She blamed a weakened UN for the war.

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