Globe & Mail op-ed: Mr. Harper does Kandahar

[tuvor]

Margaret Wente writes:

What a coup. With one well-engineered surprise attack, Stephen Harper has slapped down the whiners who've accused his government of being AWOL on Afghanistan. He has rebuked the weak-kneed doubters who aren't sure we should be there at all. He's boosted the morale of the troops on the ground and, more important, he's bucked up the folks back home. He has won hearts and minds. He has even stirred an unfamiliar flicker of patriotism in the somnolent national breast. As you watch him greet the troops in Kandahar, you'd have to be a stone to not feel proud.

I don't know anything about Ms. Wente, but I thought she was being sarcastic.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20060314.COWENT14/TPStory/National/columnists

[glarius]

1. I know that she is a transplanted American and has taken swipes at

Canadians in the past. Notice her flattering discription..."unfamiliar flicker of patriotism in the somnolent national breast." I always get the feeling when I hear her (I've seen her on TV occansionally), that she considers herself a bit superior to the average Canadian. I believe she is the type the Americans on DU would find insufferable representatives of their country.