What would be justice?

Vincent J. Curtis

9 Jan 23

RE: Trudeau vows to seek justice for Flight PS52 crash victims.  A CP story published in the Hamilton Spectator 9 Jan 23.

Instead of vowing to seek justice, why doesn’t Prime Minister Trudeau get off his ass and actively seek it instead of merely vowing to get off his ass?  Of course, that raises the problem of what justice would look like in this case.

It has already been admitted that the shoot-down was a mistake by an Iranian anti-aircraft unit on high alert after the killing in Iraq of Iranian Revolutionary Guards General Qasem Soleimani.  So, against whom is justice to be sought?  The battery commander?  The Iranian regime?  What would that justice look like?  Imprisonment?  Sanctions?  (For how long?) Some characteristically Iranian form of punishment?  It’s not clear, nor has Trudeau sought to sweep away the brush surrounding this question.  As it is, by justice some people mean revenge, and to others it means votes.

When a German U-boat sank the Lusitania, killing American citizens, it raised the prospect of a declaration of war by the U.S. against Germany.  It would invite contempt for Trudeau to raise a similar prospect.  So, why is Trudeau offering his body to console Tourane Shamsolahi, when plainly there is nothing he can, or will do?

Is there a more execrable politician in Canada than Justin Trudeau?

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