tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post4845600572188840231..comments2024-02-07T16:22:39.625-05:00Comments on Jeff Jedras: The White House view on the Obama/Ignatieff meetingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-69224050475548464892009-02-20T23:37:00.000-05:002009-02-20T23:37:00.000-05:00Really? Then you must not have enjoyed this but fr...Really? Then you must not have enjoyed this but from CP, which corrected the earlier, tourqued report:<BR/><BR/>"Ignatieff spokesperson Jill Fairbrother later said the Liberal leader has not softened his insistence that the combat component of the mission<BR/>must end in 2011.<BR/><BR/>``He's said repeatedly that we're not going to change our position on<BR/>that. He's been 100 per cent solid on that,'' she said.<BR/><BR/>Ignatieff said he told Obama he supports continued Canadian involvement in Afghanistan ``on the development side, on the political side, on the diplomatic side, on the strategic side.''<BR/><BR/>But he also ``very directly'' told the president that ``you can't get us to re-up in a situation of strategic incoherence. Canadians don't know where this mission is going.''"Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14971310821484459106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-26488515247986796262009-02-20T23:31:00.000-05:002009-02-20T23:31:00.000-05:00My fav in CTV report was this:"The Liberal leader ...My fav in CTV report was this:<BR/><BR/>"The Liberal leader hinted that his party may not insist that Canada honour its pledge to withdraw troops from Afghanistan by 2011.<BR/><BR/>He said a 2011 withdrawal is his party's "current" position but said if Obama convinced Prime Minister Stephen Harper to stay longer, he would cross that bridge when it happens."<BR/><BR/>I guess with Iggy having so much in common with Harper, and dumbing down "honor" on the value scale, one could almost say, "There is no honor among thieves."<BR/><BR/>Selling out Canada one policy at a time.susansmithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02573558646874765432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-64559319365536245372009-02-20T18:27:00.000-05:002009-02-20T18:27:00.000-05:00The righties will instantly jump on that ..claimin...The righties will instantly jump on that ..claiming both Bob Rae and Ignatieff are lying in saying they brought it up with Obama.Oxford County Liberalshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12181314055142726735noreply@blogger.com