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Charles Adler

15 Aug, 9 tweets, 2 min read

A terrible day for the PM and the country he leads. His election message deeply flawed, his abandonment of our friends in Afghanistan, is painfully horrific. Re: his historically weak argument for an election. He is arguing that this parliament is making it difficult for him to

implement public safety measures & policy related to it. But there is no evidence for that. The most important measures he implemented required no approval from Parliament. He has during this pandemic been able to govern as if he had a majority. Budget,Throne speeches, approved.

Most important today, it's crystal clear that Canada is leaving many behind in Afghanistan who we made promises to. With our Embassy being shuttered & Kabul becoming Taliban controlled, we are abandoning many who sacrificed for Canada.

I personally don't care which partisans like or dislike anything they read here. These messages come from conscience, not partisanship. Because of my personal history and my family's history and my gratitude for Canada welcoming us as refugees,

my expectations of every Cdn government on helping the helpless are high. The decision to NOT rescue thousands of Afghans who helped us, is unforgivable. Insulting spin, makes it even more unconscionable. My Canada douses fires. But today our gov't is allowing friends to burn.

I want very much to be proven wrong about this. Despite what we see with our own eyes in the desperation that is Afghanistan today, I hope there is some way that the Trudeau gov't can extract the Afghan interpreters, their families and others we have made commitments to.

As always if I turn out to be wrong, I will congratulate the government for performing what would appear to be a miracle. I want very much to feel that our country does not abandon our allies, friends, and families. Similarly if there are fresh plans laid out for the next 4 yrs

that justify the request for a fresh mandate from Canadians, specific big ideas that require Canadians to make a fresh choice, then I will say I am sorry for misreading & misinterpreting yesterday's launch of this election campaign.

I thought Sunday was a terrible day for the PM & the country. Saw no evidence for requesting a new mandate-no evidence that we still had the capacity to evacuate thousands of our friends, left behind. If/when the facts change, as always, I will change my opinion & apologize.

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There was a time when I was ignorant of what this country did to the people whose land we settled. They never declared war on us. But we conquered them. We had no right to crush their culture and language and children. Yet we did.

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