Yesterday, the Liberal Party of Canada released a series of twelve ads on their website, designed to frighten voters away from the Conservative party. One of the ads in particular brought a lot of negative attention to the Liberal Party: an ad that while trying to scare Canadians about the Conservatives' plan for the military managed to paint the Canadian Armed Forces as a bunch of jackbooted thugs straight out of Pinochet's Chile.
Here's the text of the ad (to see it for yourself, click on the link and scroll down to "Liberal attack ad about Harper and military presence 0:30"):
Stephen Harper actually announced he wants to increase military presence in our cities.
Canadian cities.
Soldiers with guns.
In our cities.
In Canada.
We did not make this up.
Choose your Canada.
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The ad has since been pulled from the Liberal Party website, but not before it received plenty of attention on the internet. Because of the uproar, it will be the one ad that gets the most play, and all the other 11 attack ads will be grouped in with that ad. Kinda makes one wonder how Liberal party strategists manage to breathe, what with their heads firmly jammed in their nether regions.
I spotted this comment on small dead animals, and since I can't put it any better than Warrant Officer Martin Gasser, I'm reproducing his statement here in full:
In the latest round of Liberal attack ads there is one which is nothing more than an insult to the proud men and women of the Canadian Forces.
The ad which talks about the Conservative plan to place military units closer to major cities, insinuates that the Canadian public should fear their very own military. The ad is designed to attack the conservative plan but is nothing less than an affront to every single man and woman who has ever served this country.
The point of this blatant Liberal smear appears to be that the Canadian military can not be trusted, that Canadian Soldiers, Sailors and Air Force personnel are jack-booted, sub-human slime that must be kept, at all costs, from the company of respectable civilians. Do the Liberals honestly believe that average Canadians have something to fear from their Canadian Forces?
The government of this country owes the people of its armed forces a debt of gratitude, not insults and slander. These Canadians which Mr. Martin and his Liberal Party have seen fit to vilify are the same people who traveled thousands of miles to shore up the Red River. They left their own loved ones without power and heat in Petawawa during the Ice Storm to provide aid and comfort to average citizens in Ottawa. They regularly leave their families for months at a time in the service of peace at the request of the same government which now insults them.
The serving members of the Canadian Forces both Regular and Reserve are the inheritors of a proud history of self sacrifice. We serve this nation both at home and abroad without regret, without hesitation and sometimes without recognition. It is this ad’s betrayal of our legacy of service which makes the implicit threat of it so revolting, so demeaning and so disheartening.
This ad is a nauseating attack on the pride, dedication, compassion and integrity of all who have ever worn the uniform of this great nation.
Warrant Officer Martin Gasser,
Petawawa Ontario.
When the Red River flooded southern Manitoba, who was there to sandbag homes and entire towns? The Canadian Armed Forces. When Toronto was hit with a major snowstorm that shut down the city, who was there to dig them out? The Canadian Armed Forces. When the forests of BC were burning, who was there to help put out the fires? The Canadian Armed Forces. When ice storms ravaged Quebec, who was there to help? The Canadian Armed Forces.
Who was sent by the Liberal government to the arid mountains of Afghanistan wearing jungle camoflage and poorly equipped? The Canadian Armed Forces. Who are the people dying in helicopters older than their parents? Members of the Canadian Armed Forces. Who are the people dying in beat-up, second hand British subs? Members of the Canadian Armed Forces.
Which party has presided over the downgrading and indeed decimation of the military? The Liberal Party of Canada.
Choose your Canada.
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