Is Cheney Afraid of Toronto?
Former Vice President Dick Cheney is interviewed by SiriusXM Patriot host David Webb at SiriusXM studios on October 25, 2011 in Washington, DC (Brendan Hoffman / Getty Images)
Former Vice President Cheney has reportedly canceled an April speech in Toronto, reportedly because of security concerns.
I repeat the word "reportedly" because on its face the story is very hard to understand. Toronto police are certainly capable of coping with protesters planning to disrupt public events.
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu—probably the world's number-one target of violent extremist protests—spoke without incident in Toronto in the summer of 2010.
Was Cheney not offered equal protection? If so, that would be a real shame for Toronto's reputation for civility and fair-mindedness.
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David Frum
David Frum is a contributing editor at Newsweek and The Daily Beast and a CNN contributor. He is the author of eight books, including most recently the e-book WHY ROMNEY LOST and his first novel Patriots, published in April 2012.
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