Iggy

[shawnmullin]

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[scottincalgary]

Nice informative post. I'm a bit concerned about Ignatieff because he's selling out some of his previous professed ideas and becoming more and more like a glad handing middle of the road politician every day. If he hadn't publicly expressed such strong views on many topics in the past, I wouldn't have cause for alarm, but he has, which makes we wonder whether how far he'll sell out to get power. One thing's for certain, he'd make an interesting and articulate leader. If forced to make a prediction now, though, I imagine that he'll the most votes on the first ballot at the leadership convention but not a majority. If the occurs, the disparate left-of-centre candidates with minimum support will throw their support behind Stephan Dion for a win

[shawnmullin]

I'm not a fan of attacking the Afghan mission. Though to be fair the criticism has largely been on things like forcing an early vote and how they handle soldier deaths. Still, I remain 100% behind the mission myself.

Curiously what do you think he's backtracking on?

[scottincalgary]

One recent example is his muddled position on the Israeli-Arab conflict. He used to be more pro-Israel.

[shawnmullin]

Well to be fair he said he was 100% behind Israel, but he wanted a ceasefire now because he was concerned it could escalate into a full blown war with Iran and Syria.