Let us storm the beaches of Sudan, Iran and Guantanamo

Apropos of all sorts of things, here is Stephen Harper’s answer to a National Post questionnaire in 2004 that asked "What have we learned from the William Sampson affair?"

Stephen Harper, Canadian Alliance: "We’ve learned that "soft power" doesn’t work when dealing with regimes that only understand hard power. Liberals cling to this doctrine, but in practice it has failed time and again. The highest duty of government is the protection of its citizens. Canada must ensure consequences when foreign governments torture or kill our people."