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Afghanistan
Canadians want troops out of Afghanistan
2007-05-08

Most Canadians want their troops to return from Afghanistan if the death toll continues to climb and believes that the “war against terror” has increased the risk of terror attacks in their country, according to a poll published on Sunday. Fifty-five percent of those surveyed by the SES Institute study for the Sun-Media group said they wanted Canadian troops to withdraw if the military’s losses rose.
Most of us would love to see our troops withdraw from Afghanistan and Iraq -- always provided those countries aren't run by lunatics. That, keep in mind, is how we ended up in both countries in the first place. Allowing the ISI to install Chapter Two of the Taliban in Afghanistan makes even less sense to the West than does withdrawing from Iraq and leaving that country to its own devices. As the left is constantly reminding us, Iraq wasn't involved with 9-11. Afghanistan actually was, and that's not something that can be changed. The tactic the bad guyz are following is to try and scare off the weak sisters from the international force, leaving only the Americans, who can then be trapped into a grinding guerrilla war like the Russers were. A fickle public and a cowardly Democratic party can then be counted upon to get us out in the natural course of events, leaving the whole dog's breakfast to the ever-helpful Paks.
Posted by:Fred

#5  Not only has Canada been weakened by decades of socialist moonbattery, but they have also had a huge influx of muzzies from former members of the British Commonwealth and other muzzie paradise spots. This has placed a very large, potentially hostile fith collumn within their borders, people who care not a whit about the centuries of Canadian tradition.
Posted by: remoteman   2007-05-08 15:27  

#4  As silly as it sounds, our declining support for Afghanistan is largely about Iraq. Or more precisely, the dog and pony show that the democrats are doing in congress.

Our news media spends more time covering Iraq and the political machinations in the US than it does on what our troops are doing in Afghanistan. The defeatist drumbeat is loud and clear up here, and its spreading.
Posted by: Canuckistan   2007-05-08 15:19  

#3  Frankly, I am leaning to pulling out and supporting remnants of the Northern Alliance. Give them ample arms and set them loose on our mutual enemies: drug producers and IslamoNazis. Why should the West do Karzai's dirty work? Nation-building hasn't exactly been a thundering success.
Posted by: Sneaze   2007-05-08 02:56  

#2  Man for man the Canadians may have the world's toughest military. For two generations Canada has neglected a military tradition built up over centuries. The lack of resource and attention hasn't killed the institutional knowledge and the ability to attract warriors. The Canadian Forces are small, tight and extremely professional. They are held back more by the lack of Canadian national will than they are by lack of expensive weapons systems.
Posted by: Classical_Liberal   2007-05-08 01:11  

#1  I'm hoping against hope a corner has been turned up north. Was up there recently and spoke with a military guy slated for Afghanistan service later this year - he said morale was very high (no surprise, they feel like they're able to finally participate, contribute - and I doubt most CF personnel harbor moonbat foreign policy delusions). After two decades of decay and increasing insanity, perhaps Canada is turning the corner to once again become a decent country that punches above its weight in military affairs on the side of civilization. Perhaps ....
Posted by: Verlaine   2007-05-08 00:06  

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