Canada's generally befuddled Foreign Minister John Baird is back in the headlines after a brief hiatus.
This time he's announced the closure of the Canadian embasssy in Tehran and the expulsion of Iranian diplomats from Canada.
Baird has a three-fold reason for the move. One, various towellers keep talking nasty stuff about Israel. Baird has a soft spot in his heart for the Holy Land and while he knows there's not much he'll be able to do for Israel in the event of a hot war, he can at least make this symbolic gesture during the ongoing Iran-Israel cold war.
Secondly, Baird has inside information from Israel that Iran is developing nuclear weapons. Shutting down the Canadian embassy in Iran will at least save a few Canadian lives when the Israelis nuke the Iranian nuclear program.
Third, Baird has concluded that Iran is the biggest threat to world peace, and figures it would be better not to talk to people who are a threat to world peace.
Ironically, polls conducted by the European Union and the Pew Research Group in Europe and the Middle East consistently show that the vast majority of people who live a lot closer to Iran than Baird does see the USA and Israel as the biggest threats to world peace.
No word on when Baird plans to close the Canadian embassies in Washington and Tel Aviv.
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