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2007-05-08 Afghanistan

Canadians want troops out of Afghanistan

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Posted by Fred 2007-05-08 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#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|| 2007-05-08 00:06|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2007-05-08 01:11|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2007-05-08 02:56|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2007-05-08 15:19|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2007-05-08 15:27|| Front Page Top

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