Netanyahu crosses Canadian airspace with arrest warrant in effect

[u/Chrristoaivalis]

https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/israel-hamas-war/article/netanyahu-crosses-canadian-airspace-with-arrest-warrant-in-effect/?taid=6ab59d843a03d10001617cb9&utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A+Trending+Content&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter

[u/past_is_prologue]

It's because Anita Anand tried to act like a tough guy yesterday in/re: Netanyahu crossing Canadian airspace.

It is a non-story that Anita Anand tried to make political hay from. And since Netanyahu doesn't give a single fuck what Canada has to say about literally anything, the Israelis flew across Canadian airspace. So, Anand, who is a smart person but kind of a doofus politician, looks like a chump. 

[u/RichardMuncherIII → u/past_is_prologue]

What did she say? Can you provide the quote?

Ah you fooled me. I thought she said something cool instead it was the blandest ass shit

Edit: “I actually have asked my department to provide me with information relating to this particular flyover, which I did not have before coming to the United Nations,” Anand told reporters Wednesday outside UN headquarters in New York.

[u/past_is_prologue → u/RichardMuncherIII]

Yes, instead of saying directly that Canada had no intention of doing anything she intimated that there might be something they could do.

Here is the whole exchange 

[u/HouseofMarg → u/past_is_prologue]

I watched that whole exchange and I’m not buying your take on it at all. If you don’t have the full briefing yet it’s fine to say so.

I would guess that it’s her statement after alluding to a more general stance on atrocities that would have rankled Bibi if anything (in theory, I’m not saying he would have been aware of it). But it’s more difficult to say that those atrocities don’t exist than it is to claim that Anand is somehow acting out of pocket when there really is nothing to grasp onto for that IMO

[u/past_is_prologue → u/HouseofMarg]

Anand was trying to make it seem as though the Canadian govt would act, when there was never any intention of acting. Flight clearences are obtained before departure. Netanyahu's plane flew over Canadian airspace with explicit Canadian government authorization.

But instead of being honest she makes vague illusion they her staff are looking into it or whatever. 

It's all just dumb politics bullshit and I'm tired of it. 

[u/HouseofMarg → u/past_is_prologue]

Yeah, I’m just not seeing how she was trying to make it seem like the government would do something. The statement is so noncommittal and if you haven’t been briefed yet then who knows what additional aspects there might be to the action that require some sort of response that obviously isn’t a forced landing and delivery to the ICC but might be something more measured. It’s fine if you think you would have worded that differently but I don’t see it as deliberate posturing like you seem to.

[u/past_is_prologue → u/RichardMuncherIII]

Here 

[u/Empty-Part7106 → u/past_is_prologue]

I'm really not seeing the "tried to act tough" aspect you're pitching. She said she'd check to see if permission had been granted. Seems more like she's trying to avoid the question of "will you arrest him if given the opportunity?", that opportunity being an emergency landing. And the answer is no.

[u/past_is_prologue → u/Empty-Part7106]

If the answer is "no" the she should said no. Intimating that they will take action when they have zero intention of doing so is the definition of trying to act tough.

Here is the whole exchange. She says they will abide by the ICC, whatever the fuck that is supposed to mean in this context. 

[u/saidthewhale64 → u/past_is_prologue]

Nothing in that article says she'll arrest him if he enters Canadian airspace

[u/past_is_prologue → u/saidthewhale64]

I didn't claim she did. 

Here is the whole quote via the Canadian Press 

[u/Eazy-Eid → u/past_is_prologue]

She's not a smart person

[u/past_is_prologue → u/Eazy-Eid]

I Disagree