NDP hypocrisy on Afghanistan

The National Post has an editorial today titled They Died for a Good Cause which pretty much sums up my feelings on Jack Layton's shameful reaction to the Canadian deaths in Afghanistan yesterday. This section in particular captures my incomprehension and amazement at the NDP's hypocritical position on the Canadian mission there:

Mr. Layton is a sad example of what has become of leftist politics: The same bleeding hearts who once urged Western politicians to help the world's poor and afflicted now run for the exits when peacemaking and nation-building turn tough.

In the case of Afghanistan, in particular, this defeatism is grimly ironic coming, as it is, from a politician who postures as the champion of gay rights and feminism: But not for the presence of brave NATO troops, the country would fall into the hands of medieval theocrats who behead homosexuals and treat women like burka-clad dogs.

Exactly. And to those gay activists and feminists who assume that being a woman or being gay and supporting the Conservative Party of Canada are mutually-exclusive positions: wake up and smell the cordite.