Comments on: 'The issue will not go away'

By: SeanStok

SeanStok — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 02:52:18 +0000

To be fair, by that measure Steyn must be freakin' Nostradamus. :)

By: john g

john g — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 02:49:59 +0000

‘The issue will not go away’

Says the guy who's averaging about 3 or 4 comments per post on this topic….

By: psiclone

psiclone — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 22:19:43 +0000

what issue?

By: kcm

kcm — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 22:01:00 +0000

Loose cannon!! Yeah right! The man risked hi neck for his country. Even Mulroney [ his boss] was careful to make that point. Besides it's not just Colvin's word…or are you only listening to the parts you like?

By: leroy

leroy — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 21:25:02 +0000

well … some of us who had our said don’t feel the need to keep saying it

By: danby

danby — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 20:52:46 +0000

And you wonder why "whistle-blowers" seldom come forward? This sends out a clear signal – loud and clear.

By: JulesAime

JulesAime — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 20:31:24 +0000

If all it can get is 49 percent with guys like Wherry pumping it like their lives depended on it, the game is over. Unless there is another shoe to drop here, this one is gone.

And it will get much worse unless Colvin can prove this is based on something other than his personal suspicions real soon. Otherwise, as is suggested below, he may as well dust off his resume because no one, certainly not the Liberals if they are re-elected, is going to put a loose-cannon like him in anything that looks even vaguely like a responsible position again,

By: Scott_Tribe

Scott_Tribe — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 20:09:21 +0000

The issue is already dead, Con parrots? Not with poll numbers like this:

Another poll, showing overwhelming support for Colvin. These numbers partially (Nov 24, 25) take into account this week's circle the wagons routine in Committee, showing that the government has failed miserably, putting Colvin's "credibility" into question. Rarely do you see such a lopsided finding: 49% find Richard Colvin’s testimony credible; 10% side with federal government ministers Five to one, find Colvin more credible than the government...this debate over a public inquiry isn't one the government is winning:. A majority of respondents (53%) support launching a public inquiry on what the government and the Canadian Forces knew about reports of prisoner torture in Afghanistan, while 36 per cent are opposed.

By: JulesAime

JulesAime — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 20:04:11 +0000

You're right. if anything, you are being too too kind, outside of a few over-heated imaginations, this issue is already dead.

By: Douglass

Douglass — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:43:29 +0000

I think that would be wise.

By: SisyphusThis

SisyphusThis — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:36:33 +0000

And I'm assuming that, however it all plays out, Mr. Colvin is updating his CV.

By: Dakota

Dakota — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:50:47 +0000

"The issue will not go away"

Not with Wherry posting a dozen blogs a day anyway. Although I see the comments are getting pretty sparse now.

By: Douglass

Douglass — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:50:44 +0000

Torture is a 'supposed' evil?

By: Anon

Anon — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:24:32 +0000

Unless Harper gets his majority. Then this matter might suddenly be against National Security to be discussed. Just wondering — how many people think this is or isn't a possibility? Click + for agree or – for disagree.

By: delano_d

delano_d — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:16:39 +0000

It probably will go away, and be remembered by almost no one other than in laundry lists of supposed Tory evils. Like income trusts.