See how the oil-rich arab countries are trying to blackmail Canada into accepting things that we don't want to. UAE is not the moderate moslem country as the shills would like you to think, they jail people for kissing in public and even for holding hands. Although, I would be the first one to criticize Air Canada, in this case I would prefer that our Canadian airline(s) should be given preference over any other airline .... and that's that.
A plane carrying two cabinet ministers and the head of the Canadian military was denied the right to land in the United Arab Emirates on Monday in a diplomatic rebuke from the wealthy Gulf country.
The UAE closed its airspace to Defence Minister Peter MacKay, Veterans Affairs Minister Jean-Pierre Blackburn and Chief of the Defence Staff, Gen. Walt Natynczyk, who were on their way from a three-day visit to Afghanistan, a military source in Ottawa confirmed to The Canadian Press.
It was unclear where the plane was headed, but media reports suggest a location in Europe.
Just hours earlier in Kandahar, MacKay had confirmed that Canada was being forced to vacate its military base in the UAE following the failure of negotiations to expand aviation links between the two countries.....
Monday, October 11, 2010
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I have worked in the middle east of and on for 30 years. This kind of blackmail is a way of life for those clowns. They would sell you their mother if they thiught they could make a buck on the deal.
ReplyDeleteRob ... I have worked there too, for several years, that's how I know so much about the scumbags and how they think. It's frustrating that most Canadians refuse to believe what we know after being in those countries with those cavemen.
ReplyDeleteThe NDP has so far been the only political party to comment and of course it was to be critical of the Canadian government. I fully expect the Libs to follow suit in Parliament tomorrow.
ReplyDeleteWatch for the Tory polling numbers to increase by the end of this week.
Aside to the opposition, get behind the government on this one. Canadians generally don't like to be threatened like this.
The UAE spokesman (I'm pretty sure it wasn't a woman) said that the Canadian refusal to provide more landing rights will seriously affect our relationship with them.
I say, "Good!".