Front page headline at the Globe and Mail today; "Flattery and foot dragging: China's influence over the WHO under scrutiny."
It's obvious we're climbing aboard the "blame China" game the Yanks have set in motion to distract their citizens from their completely inept response to the current situation. Who could have seen that coming?
Alas, the actual story doesn't quite live up to the billing, but at least they managed to put it right next to a story throwing shade on WHO boss Tedros Ghebreyesus. Apparently he's a guy way too comfy with authoritarian regimes, don't you know!
And that's the critical divide, is it not? We here in the Nations of Virtue celebrate human rights and democracy and stuff, whereas our enemies are always going around undercutting us at every turn, especially the Russians and the Chinese and the Iranians, dastardly authoritarian human-rights-hating regimes each and every one.
Yesterday the Globe treated us to an opinion piece by Campbell Clark which rather creatively tied together the two Michaels, Covid, and the Hong Kong "democracy activists" into a cohesive anti-China rant.
Yes yes, of course... the two Michaels. Not Campbell Clark nor anyone else appearing in the Globe is permitted to say the obvious; China wouldn't have nicked the two Michaels if we hadn't kidnapped Meng Wanzhou first.
As for those HK activists, unless you're a dyed in the wool America firster, the sight of those youthful demonstrators waving the stars and stripes and the Union Jack as they rage against their government is both absurd and ludicrous.
Which brings us to Charles Burton's opinion piece in the G&M on Thursday. Burton had a career in the diplomatic corps and is now semi-retired with a part-time job at the prestigious Brock University, always a third or fourth choice for folks who couldn't get into Western or Queens. Charlie's got his shorts in a twist over "Beijings coronaviris bungling..."
Ottawa's coronavirus bungling, Washington's coronavirus bungling, any coronaviris bungling anywhere in the world, is all due to the dirty rotten commie bungling that happened in Beijing, and the absurd and ludicrous attempts by Beijing to dodge the blame are, well, absurd and ludicrous!
Meanwhile, PM Justin has appointed Dr. David Naylor as head of a new federal task force charged with getting to the bottom of our Covid-19 crisis. A glance at Dr. Naylor's CV reveals that this is a guy who made his reputation in the corridors of power, not in the research lab. His first public comment after his appointment was to lambaste China for setting our battle against this virus back by two to three weeks due to their deceitful conniving in keeping the truth from us.
So what are we to make of this? Obviously, we have to snuggle in tighter with our "allies," first and foremost of which is that absurd and ludicrous faux democracy just south of us.
Well, maybe, but I for one would prefer to cut the commies a little slack, and be a little more skeptical about the agenda Ottawa and "our allies" are pushing right now.
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