A liberal member of parliament who tried to legitimize hezbollah during a recent trip to Lebanon, has ignited a political firestorm this week in Canada.
Delightfully, the latest broadside from Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper leaves precious little moral wiggle room for pro-hezbollah sympathizers who may be sitting in Parliament:
Harper says comparison of Hezbollah, Nazis is fair
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Tuesday it's not unfair to liken Hezbollah to the Nazis, who once ruled Germany, because both stand for the destruction of the ''Jewish nation.''
In an interview with CanWest News Service, Harper was asked if the comparison [between hezbollah and the nazis] made earlier in the day by his parliamentary secretary Conservative MP Jason Kenney, was appropriate.
''Like all comparisons, it's true in some ways, and not in others,'' he said, ''but as near as I can tell, both Hezbollah and the Nazi party stand for the elimination of the Jewish nation. So I think that's pretty fundamental and, in that sense, I don't think it's unfair.
''I think those who associate themselves with Hezbollah in this country are operating beyond the pale, and they're frankly operating in defence of an organization that is an illegal criminal organization in this country," said Harper.
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