Well of hubris overflows in Canada

Canada can deliver.

So intones our national newspaper of record today. Pulling its weight and punching above it. The assholes who write this stuff really love those references to the sweet science.

And I had no idea that the Canadian pilots often found themselves in the most dangerous skies over Libya. Hmmm... I didn't even realize that some skies over a country with no anti-aircraft defences could be more dangerous than others. But apparently they were. Those plucky Canucks flew in and dropped their smart bombs even when the skies were too dangerous for the cowardly British and French pilots.

The general tone of the various articles is that the Libya campaign is the first great success for the "Responsibility to Protect" doctrine, which is of course a Canadian invention. Because Canadian politicians are towering geniuses in the world of minding other peoples business.

Now that we have brought freedom to the people of Libya, perhaps the towering geniuses could have a look in their back yard. Maybe they could take a moment to consider if they have a responsibility to protect the most disadvantaged of their own people. For the money they spent destroying Libya's infrastructure over the last eight months they could have delivered sewer and water infrastructure to every First Nation reservation in the country.

But I guess that wouldn't impress the big dogs in Brussels and Washington nearly as much, and impressing the big dogs is what our political elite are all about.