December 20, 2006

Letter to the Globe: Ignatieff on

In what may become a regular thing, we're once again sharing letters that likely won't be published in the Globe. Here's one by Stefan Christoff. Sending a letter? cc: it to dru [at] dominionpaper.ca.

Stéphane Dion has placed his formal Liberal leadership rivals in prominent party positions including Michael Igantieff. Yesterday's Globe and Mail editorial on this subject pin-pointed Ignatieff's political "fumbles" as a potential headache for Dion in a looming election. I am curious which Ignatieff fumbles the Globe is referring to, could one be Ignatieff's public assessment that the Israeli military's air strike on the Lebanese town of Qana on July 30th was a "war crime"? Of all Ignatieff's political mishaps including his public endorsement for the internationally condemned U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, labeling the Israeli military's killing of dozens of civilians in southern Lebanon a "war crime" to any unbiased observer is absolutely accurate.

Stefan Christoff
Montreal