Trudeau's Waterloo?
When Trudeau launched Canada's Federal Election Campaign just short days ago, the very same day, the Taliban conquered Kabul and the whole of Afghanistan lay at their feet.
Up to that point, Trudeau and his Liberal Party were in line for a majority government come election day on September 20th. The only real issue standing in their way was that he had called the Election in the 4th Wave of the Covid 19 (Delta) Pandemic. But with the fall of Kabul, he now faces a much bigger obstacle in realizing his electoral dreams.
Those who had helped Canada during our time fighting there were now trapped like rats along with their families. The writing had been on the wall for some time but the Trudeau Government did diddly to bring them safely here to Canada. It looked like a safe bet since the so-called experts predicted the Fall but believed the timing was months away rather than mere hours. In other words, Trudeau and his Brain Trust believed that the Election would be well and truly over by that time. Now of course it is too late.
So Trudeau has discovered, to his overwhelming dismay, that it is most difficult to brag about his supposed Government's successes while watching Afghans fall from Aeroplan's' under-carriages.
If Trudeau was smart, which we know is not the case, he would have immediately ceased campaigning in the face of this human tragedy and devoted all of his time to getting our allies and their families out of this doomed nation.
This will likely mean minority status for the Liberals and even possibly minority status for the Conservatives. In essence though minority status for the Libs really will equate to majority territory since they can count on the suppliant New Democrats to support them come what may. Conversely, even if the Tories squeak a minority - it would last but minutes in the scheme of things since those same Liberals and NDP'ers will gang up and use their combined majority to throw O'Toole and his crew out.
Canada has after all become a most Progressive Nation but sadly not in a 'Progressive' Conservative way.
But there is something that surpasses Elections...Win or Lose and that concerns the needless loss of life and on both of these two counts ...the Virus and Afghanistan he has failed miserably. He put his full trust in China developing an effective vaccine that they would share with Canada. They quickly reneged... dooming many to death. No apologies from Justin. In the case of Afghanistan, our troops have been gone since 2014 and yet not a finger did Trudeau lift to get our domestic allies out of harm's way. Now of course it is too late and once again - no apology given in the face of their death at the hands of these Taliban Monsters. How the guy can sleep at night ...I simply do not know.
As I See It...
K.D. Galagher
