The NDP supporting the Libyan war (not humanitarian intervention) was a big mistake which will continue to hurt them on their left flank, but I'm afraid Muammar Qaddafi just isn't a figure that the average Canuck is going to rally behind.
Never mind arguments about this or that model of socialism. You can't seem to rise to the level of anti-imperialism, nor understand why it might be important, and content yourself with an indifferent attitude towards Canadian and NATO war crimes in Libya.
September 11 is coming. Do you remember what "blowback" happened in NYC on September 11, 2001 due to US foreign policy? The closer Canada snuggles to the US in foreign policy matters the more the outrage and violence will be directed towards our own country.
Social Democrats have shamed themselves ... again. And how true it is that S. Lewis had no business quoting Arundhati Roy - a real anti-imperialist protagonist in her own right - in heaping excessive praise on J Layton in an otherwise excellent eulogy.