This is not a personal attack. It is the witnessing of a sad sight.

It is always a sad sight when a person who you think should know better does not do better.

Instead, Alberta NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi is missing some critical body parts these days.

A spine, some guts, the part of the brain you use to exercise good judgment.

When it counted this week, facing the backlash of the anti-Semitic fanatics who push their weight around whenever they see an opening, whenever they find someone they can intimidate, wherever there is an easy target, Calgary’s former mayor and wannabe Alberta premier did not stand tall.

Nenshi caved to whatever pressure he felt. He grovelled on demand.

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And for what? Having his picture taken with the Israeli ambassador, one of many politicians who posed with the diplomat during the Stampede

This is a mortal sin for those who do not consider terrorism any kind of sin, at least as long as it’s about raping and killing Jews and therefore all for a good cause..

Nenshi........

© Calgary Herald