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Following the events in Iran, Alexandre Boulerice, NDP Foreign Affairs Critic, issued the following statement:

"The NDP strongly condemns the American and Israeli bombings of Iran. This is a dangerous escalation that risks dragging the entire region into a major conflict. The oppressive and bloody regime of the Ayatollahs is reprehensible, but its nuclear program must be managed through the United Nations and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). In fact, its Director General, Mr. Grossi, recently indicated that he was working with the Iranian administration to resume inspections and reiterated that there could be no solution other than a diplomatic one.

The NDP deplores the Carney government's decision to blindly support this dangerous venture by Israel and Donald Trump's administration. We want Canada to be a voice for diplomacy, peace, and international law."

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[–] SamuelRJankis@sh.itjust.works 34 points 1 day ago (4 children)

This part is really where Carney fucked up.

its nuclear program must be managed through the United Nations and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

I've seen a lot of people defend Carney by saying the regime is bad and the problematic nuclear program. In a world of law and order no country should be allowed to singularly make decisions on how these things are handled or just bomb countries whenever they want.

Carney specifically naming America and applauding their actions shows his hypocrisy. Law and order is only a thing when they're used to benefit him.

[–] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca -4 points 12 hours ago

Law and order doesn't matter much in a the face of someone with a nuclear weapon that's decided you're the "great satan".

Building nuclear weapons while constantly threatening other countries might get you bombed by those other countries. Apparently there's no international law about acting crazy while building nukes, but anyone who's brain hasn't been rotted by anti-Israel propaganda can understand how batshit insane the Ayatollah was. Now he's dead and the world is a safer place because of it.

I don't think you appreciate how many lives can be lost in an instant if someone insane gets a hold of a nuclear weapon. If international law allows for a country to be destroyed by nukes, I think there's a pretty big gap in international law.

If you want law and order on the world stage, you can't have laws that allow an entire country to be destroyed simply because the UN has decided they don't like that country anymore. The law isn't supposed to be this static thing, if there's a gap, you're supposed to create new laws to fill in that gap. An insane regime intent on destroying another country developing nukes seems like a big problem there should be some international law to prevent. But it seems if you hate Israel you're allowed to do as you please as far as the UN is concerned.

And Mark Carney is not being hypocritical here. Did you miss the Davos speech where he said the rules based order is over? If the NDP wants to pretend the rules based order is still real, it's just a sign they don't understand what's going on in the world.

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca -1 points 14 hours ago

In a world of law and order

Ohhh ho ho ho hoooo hohohohohoo hohoho good one.

[–] maplesaga@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Well that's succinctly put, I didnt really understand the gravity of Carneys action. By supporting Trump hes supporting the exact same thing his speech was supposedly calling out, US hegemony and a disregard for the international order, which makes it seem more like sloganeering to attempt to garner a majority than actual principle or good faith.