Canadian Prime Minister Defends Israel and the U.S. as they Commit War Crimes

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney issued a statement on the unprovoked and potentially catastrophic war of aggression Israel and the United States launched on Iran. And it is as mealymouthed and nauseating as one would expect.

Carney actually has the unmitigated gall to blame Iran for all of this. He makes the claim that “the Islamic Republic of Iran is the principal source of instability and terror throughout the Middle East, has one of the world’s worst human rights records, and must never be allowed to obtain or develop nuclear weapons.”

No one who understands or is committed to solidarity or collective liberation would defend the brutality of the oppressive, theocratic government of Iran. But Carney isn’t interested in “standing with the Iranian people.” If he did, he would demand an end to the sanctions that have crippled the Iranian working class.

Carney has also had nothing to say about Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza or its campaign of ethnic cleansing in the occupied West Bank. Instead, he repeats the same old tired lie that “Israel has the right to defend itself.”

Does Carney believe that murdering at least 63 school girls between the ages of 7 and 12 is “Israel defending itself?” The primary school was among the first targets of the United States and Israel.

Carney comes from a long liberal legacy of vile capitulation to American and Western imperialism. His much lauded speech in Davos wasn’t a challenge to this order. On the contrary, he was merely pointing out that Canada would just be more honest about its ruthless character and defend that order, nonetheless.

For all the bluster about Carney being a foil to Trumpian fascism and imperialistic ambitions, he said “Canada supports the United States acting to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon and to prevent its regime from further threatening international peace and security.”

As Israel and the United States potentially plunge the world into a war that can easily become nuclear, we should not expect Mark Carney to resist any of the barbarism that will undoubtedly follow. His government is as hollow as everyone before it, beholden to the most ruthless, lawless and powerful hegemon the world has ever known, even if it is a rapidly sinking ship being steered by a fascist predator that is dragging everyone it can down with it as it goes.

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