Gainsay who dare!

Liberals! When Harper pushes you around, don’t push back. That’s what he wants. He feeds on your outrage over his accusations you prefer Taliban prisoners to Canadian soldiers. It’s the thrill of pulling it off, nudging the camera while you squawk, pointing from under the table—Look! I got them to play—and gloating over bets with himself that he’s won to engage you in his game again. Consider that if you just sat there and took it he would be disappointed and probably throw darts out of boredom.

When he pushes, pull. Don’t fret over the feint, grab his momentum and go for the opening: The way we treat the enemy's soldiers as prisoners determines how our soldiers should be treated as theirs. What can be more supportive of our troops than that? He’s surprised you’re concerned about prisoners, you’re astonished he would put our troops in such danger if they were taken captive unless we ensured our POWs were treated humanely. Every general in every future war might remember the country that renditioned its POWs to torture. Does he think about our troops’ futures? Or are they only an adjunct to his policy? A patriot, a citizen, a person doesn’t have to support the government’s policies to support the armed forces, particularly the plight of soldiers on a mission misdirected by greedy misanthropes.