Dear Leader

I hope you enjoy this letter to our Dear Leader. I'm sure he's paying attention! Ha ha.

Dear Prime Minister Harper,

It's so good to write you so much and to let you know what I'm thinking. That's what freedom is all about.

I wanted to wait until more information had come out about the issue of the torture of Afghan detainees turned over to Afghan authorities by Canadians. First, I am desperately disappointed in your government's savaging of diploma Richard Colvin's character and testimony before committee. Mr. Colvin is merely doing his job and describing his actions vis-a-vis this issue. I, like most Canadians, know that he warned your government repeatedly about torture by our allies. However this reporting was ignored. But obviously he was right about something because our country's policy changed subsequent to his reports. How do you justify attacking a civil servant's character for merely doing his job?

These attacks were directed by your government but the lead character assassin was Defense Minister Peter MacKay. He claimed to have never seen Mr. Colvin's allegations as he should have as Defense Minister. What a joke! And his excuse was that he gets a lot of emails every day. What a pathetic excuse. That's what he employs staff for. Staff should be reading these emails (from diplomats no less) and flagging important reports such as Mr. Colvin's so that the Minister can read them. That this didn't happen and Mr. MacKay's hapless excuses demonstrate his incompetance. No wonder we are losing the war in Afghanistan.

As a Canadian at war, I demand the resignation of Minister MacKay. We are at war, one in which our very freedom is at stake. We can't risk our freedom on an incompetant Minister who is no better than a whining bully.