just a reminder that history is still being written....

i can understand that it may seem incredulous to believe that this institution called the liberal party of canada actually rigorously held to the idea that any kind of military action outside of the security council is a war crime from the time the council was formed, right up until the invasion of iraq in 2003. that sounds like a fairy tale.

but, we're the ones that set the damned thing up in the first place.

to answer the question as to why the security council was so central to liberal foreign policy before ignatieff (who broke it.), you need to understand why we created the security council in the first place, which had a lot to do with our own security.

it's 1945. what country in the world is most in threat of an american invasion? hint: it's not cuba, even if we eventually formed a bond with the cubans over a shared threat.

so, that is why the security council exists in the first place! of course we held to it, and we held to it very strenuously, with the very sporadic counter-examples coming exclusively under conservative governments.

but, this is the reminder: the liberals, themselves, have yet to break from this rule in actual fact. they've said stupid things about venezuela, and supported shady groups in ukraine, but the basic policy has not yet been reversed, and can consequently still be salvaged, if the right dipshits are pushed out of power in enough time.

it was one of the things i liked most about the party, and one of the things i liked most about the country. it'll be a sad day to see it go, if it comes to it.

it doesn't have to.

it's still good.