Stephen Harper. There’s a name most US citizens don’t exactly have on the tips of their tongues on a daily basis. Too bad, because he’s not only the prime minister of Canada; he’s a statesman of the first order, who happens to be in the state of Israel this week, raising his voice on behalf of the Jewish nation and the Jewish people. Addressing the Israeli Knesset on Monday, he stood up to declare publicly his unswerving support for the Jewish state’s most fundamental desire … to exist! Here is one world leader who has the courage to articulate (in the face of a torrent of “political correctness”) that Israel has the right to defend itself. Why come to Israel and “stick his neck out” to support a tiny little country demonized in the world press and condemned repeatedly by the United Nations? Because, in his words, “This … is a very Canadian trait, to do something for no reason other than it is right.” He concluded: “Therefore, through fire and water Canada will stand with you.” And I’m saying to myself, “Wow!” Can anyone imagine the President of the United States uttering such words? I can’t…
