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Silence on the Middle East issue

I regret not making it to the big debate at the Hume Hotel because I would have liked to ask Alex Atamanenko two questions.

I regret not making it to the big debate at the Hume Hotel because I would have liked to ask Alex Atamanenko two questions.

The first would have been about health care. I gather from the NDP propaganda that their “solution” is to throw more money at it, and to make sure that more people get more and more prescription drugs. This is a recipe for disaster. Statistics show that tens of thousands of people in North America are killed and injured each year by prescription drugs.  There are much better and less expensive ways to supply good health care.

The second question would have been about world peace and human rights. The Middle East is undergoing several rebellions right now, and none of the rebels on the street are blaming their predicament on Israel or the United States. In fact, they are asking for help from the U.S.  They are rebelling against totalitarian socialist governments.

Mr. Atamanenko has been a long-time supporter of the group that calls itself the “peace movement.” Many in the peace movement have a bizarre and irrational hatred of Israel. There have been many peace marches against Israel, protesting against the only democracy, with the best human rights record, in the Middle East.

Unarmed peaceful protesters have been gunned down in Bahrain, Syria and Libya. In Libya, Gadhafi’s supporters send rockets and mortars indiscriminately against civilians, just like Hamas does to Israel. Estimates indicate that 10,000 people have been killed so far in Libya. Where are the peace marches against Libya and Syria?

I would have asked Mr. Atamanenko why he is not out there protesting the government of Libya. My guess is that it is because Gadhafi the leader is a good socialist.

It’s too bad Mr. Atamanenko is keeping a very low profile on this issue.

Roger Pratt, Nelson