“This mission is completely out of whack,” Layton said.“By investing so heavily in the war effort in the south, it’s depriving Afghanistan from the investments in humanitarian aid and in reconstruction that are required elsewhere in the country.”
So...what, Layton? Are we supposed to abandon the southern provinces to barbarism? Or is some other nation supposed to have its sons and daughters trudge and bleed and fight in the dirt of Kandahar to pacify the region before we arrive bright-faced and bushy-tailed ready to dig wells and build schools? Which nation should shoulder that burden? Someone's going to have to, because the Afghans themselves can't yet. That's why Karzai continues to request our support, you posturing, facetious dilettante. Any wonder why he won't allow you to waste his precious time?
Update: Commenter ABG sums it up succinctly:
As a serving member of the Canadian Forces, I am truly baffled by the "logic" of the NDP in this topic. I am a soldier in the Combat Arms, but would not hesitate to provide food, shelter and compassion over fighting if given the opportunity. However when soccer balls, pens and paper are forcibly taken from children's hands as soon as we leave an area, and their school blown up and their teacher beheaded, how can anyone not want to stand up and fight for those who cannot? We do our job so that those who specialise in rebuilding can do theirs. The NDP is trying to gain political points on the backs of the oppressed. UBIQUE (Emphasis added)
Jack! complains that Canada's mission is "out of whack" because we're currently spending more time, effort, and money on the Defence aspect of our 3D policy in Afghanistan than on the Development aspect. Given the opportunity, I'm sure he'd also complain that homebuilders focus too much on the foundation and framing of a house in the first few weeks, and stridently demand that more attention be paid to trim and furnishings right from the start.
The man is a human appendix - perfectly useless most of the time, and painfully so if it gets too swelled up.
Whacko Jacko is a moraly repugnant fool.
By Stephen Brown
FrontPageMagazine.com | September 22, 2006
“It was a good attack” – if you like mangled, bloody children.
Four Canadian soldiers dead, dozens of soldiers and civilians wounded, including numerous children, and that’s how bloodthirsty, Taliban “spiritual” leader Mullah Hassan summed up a “successful” suicide attack in Kandahar province in southern Afghanistan last Monday. Fifteen additional innocent people were also killed across that suffering country in other coldly calculated suicide bombings that day.
The Canadian soldiers, who are in a tough fight to reclaim the province and former Taliban stronghold from these murderous thugs, were part of a patrol stopped near villages in a rural area. The Canucks, whose contingent numbers about 2,200 in Afghanistan, were handing out toys and school supplies when a suicide bomber on a bicycle blew himself up, causing indescribable carnage. The Globe and Mail, a Canadian national newspaper in which Hassan’s heartless quote appeared, also cited a local farmer who said “all the children were crying and bloody”, while there were bloodstains and chunks of flesh left on the road. It was also the second suicide attack against Canadian troops in as many days.
“Every time we get the chance, we will kill Canadian soldiers. And the ordinary people must learn to stay away from foreigners,” continued Hassan in another proud, jihad moment.
A Liberal government committed Canadian troop to Afghanistan in 2002. Since then, they have suffered 36 deaths, including one diplomat. Their stellar performance on the battlefield, however, has earned them high praise from many quarters, including Condoleeza Rice. On a recent visit to Canada, the U.S. Secretary of State called the Canadian soldiers “fierce fighters”, saying the Taliban have “learned a tough lesson from that.”
But while Canadian troops are pounding the Taliban, incredibly, it is the Canadian Left that has not learned Afghanistan’s lessons. The leader of Canada’s socialist New Democratic Party, which is home to a myriad of current and former Maoists, Trotskyites and other assorted Marxist-Leninists, has recklessly and repeatedly called for the withdrawal of Canadian troops from Afghanistan, breaching our NATO agreement that has already passed Parliament.
“There is no sign that it is making the Taliban weaker or the world safer,” said Layton at recent NDP party conference in Quebec. “There is no hope of changing the realities on the ground in Afghanistan - with the forces we have or can commit.”
In his appeasement comments, Canada’s Neville Chamberlain went even further - if that is possible. The leader of Canada’s third largest political party, which has 29 seats in the House of Commons, has actually called for negotiations with the Taliban, a gang of cutthroats that currently murders Afghan teachers for teaching girls, saying this is not the right mission for Canada. Which then begs the question: What is there to be talked about? Layton might as well just show up with a white flag; and then you can bet the Taliban will be eager to talk to him.
But like the Canadian and American Left during the Vietnam War, ‘Cut and Run’ Jack avoids talking about what would happen if coalition troops suddenly and in such cowardly fashion pulled out in the middle of a fight, leaving their Afghan friends in the lurch. The world has already seen the Taliban in power in Afghanistan and knows what to expect: no education for girls; women would be whipped in open stadiums; the certain reappearance of Osama bin Laden; and the reestablishment of a terror state with 9/11-like terrorist attacks against the West. And all this would probably come after a vicious war between the Taliban/ al-Qaeda jihadists and the Afghan national army, in which many more people would perish than are currently dying now.
Bad as it is, Layton’s Afghan position, however, might receive a modicum of respect if it wasn’t so hypocritical. The NDP prides itself on being the champion of women’s and gay rights in Canada and yet is willing to cease fighting against, and even negotiate with, the biggest abusers of women and murderers of homosexuals in the world.
What’s more, the Canadian political leader’s position on the deployment of the Canadian military to Afghanistan may actually be putting the Canadian troops’ lives in more danger than they currently are. According to an interview with Afghanistan’s Consul General in Toronto that appeared in the Toronto Sun, the Taliban are politically astute, understand political pressure, are well aware of any critics and “were pleased to exploit that.” The suicide attacks against the Canadians may have been timed to coincide with the opening of Canada’s parliament this week as well as with the upcoming visit of Afghanistan’s president to Canada.
If this is the case, Canadian troops can expect increased Taliban attacks at election time in order to take advantage of Canada’s political division and help topple the current, tough-on-terror minority government of Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper for a more yielding Liberal/NDP coalition. Both the Liberals and the NDP currently play the casualty card after Canadian troops die in Afghanistan to score political points for the next election, calling for a change in the military mission instead of condemning the actual enemy and lauding our soldiers as the heroes they really are. For the record, one of Monday’s heroes’ names has been released: Pte. David Byers of Espinola, Ontario.
Harper, true to his non-compromising, steely stance against the Taliban, has responded to critics by sending the first squadron of Canadian tanks to Afghanistan. The Canadian Prime Minister also kept the latest Canadian casualties, and the war, in perspective, saying in the House of Commons: “Nothing more than this incident illustrates the evil they are fighting and the goodwill and the nobleness of the cause that they are taking to the Afghan people.”
But it is Conservative Defense Minister Gordon O’Connor who articulated best the NDP’s and the Canadian Left’s divisive position regarding the Afghan conflict.
“Only they and the Taliban want us out of Afghanistan,” he said.
"The mirror-loving moustachioed oxygen-thief"
Very accurate diagnosis.
"This mission is completely out of whack,” Layton said."
I think he visits the 'Fun House (of Mirrors) a little too often.
Hey Jack did you miss the Surgeon General's warning; that too much oxygen is not a good thing? It actually leaves your body craving more.
Given the unprecedented barrage of attacks against Jack Layton and the NDP from both the Liberals and Conservatives we can safely assume that internal party polling numbers show that the NDP is poised to clean up big time in the next election.
My advice to both the Liberals and Conservatives is: rather than give free pub to a 30-seat party and blame others for your retarded and immoral failings, it's better to stop acting like losers and start advocating a foreign policy worthy of Canada. Layton and the NDP wouldn't be surging in the polls so much if the Conservatives and Liberals had a more intelligent and moral foreign policy.
I want to meet the pogey-line-bound CPC backroom genius who is advising Harper to campaign on a negative, fear-based, pro-war platform. As I've said before, even Joe Clark wasn't this stupid.
The only logical explanation is that Taliban Jack doesn't really believe the signs what extremist Islam is saying... world domination, convert or die, etc.
You don't suppose he's conditioned to hyperbole in protest signs, and is therefore dismissive - ya think?
"Convert or die" is very plain. What part of it does Jack not understand?
Or if Jack thinks they don't really mean it, who the hell is he to make that decision for me? I've read the signs, Jack. I get them.
Prove to me Jack that they don't really mean it.
How blinkered, lazy and cowardly the left is. They truly believe that if some action requires a tiny bit of hard work and effort that it should be immediately abandoned.
There rally call should be: 'somone else can do it, its to hard, waaa,waaaa, waaaa' What a bunch of pukes.
Don't worry my little doped-out, boot-licking suck-holes, just go back to your welfare checks, weekly bingo and grow-ops and those of us who have a spine will look after things.
pat,pat on the head...
After hearing Hamid Karzai's heartfelt speech this morning, Jack Layton looks like an even bigger fool today than he did yesterday. (if that's possible!)
His credibility has shrunk down to zero. I expect he will get hammered on this during an election debate.
He can't seem to understand that you can't do all that touchy-feely good stuff like building hospitals and keeping schools from being blown up UNLESS you terminate the entities that are against any type of progress there. If he had his way, our troops would not even be allowed guns, for crying out loud, and would only be armed with shovels and hammers for digging wells and building schools. That's not an army, Jack. An army fights if it has to, for the right cause, and this is indeed a worthy cause.
Layton deserves every bit of criticism that is levelled at him.
What he stands for: Self serving Self Indulgent Cowardice.
My oldest son joined the P.P.C.L.I. in 1998 and has had one stint in Afghanistan in 2002.
He was on duty the night the friendly fire incident with the U.S. happened.
He told my wife on the phone last night "mom,I can hardly wait to get back to Afghanistan".
When she gasped at the thought he said "but that's what I've been training for for 8 years".
Too bad Taliban Jack and the Now Dhimmicrats don't pay attention to what the soldiers think.
Soccermom:
you mean he would have them armed only with hammers and sickles.
Jack bin Layton and his Terrorist loving buddies could really contribute something positive to the world by stapping on their suicide gear and riding their bicycles into the nearest Liberal Whine-fest. Ride bin Layton, ride!!
Layton looks bad period! After listening to Karzai speak in the House of Commons, I was glad to hear that Laydown didn't get a meeting with Karzai, he just isn't worth the waste of time! Enough said.
Wishy washy leftist libs met for dinner with the iranian idiot, to talk to him and explain that we want to be friends. Just accept jews were killed. His reply basically was go to hell. You can't talk or negotiate with these terrorists.
Jack has truly made the war effort his hill to die on.
One can only hope....
... Layton and the NDP wouldn't be surging in the polls ...
THAT has got to be the funniest thing I've read in a long time.
"Merging with the trolls," if anything.
" ... internal party polling numbers show that the NDP is poised to clean up big time in the next election..."
Just about now I feel one of those Ali G moments coming on...
I stare at the monitor blank faced...
the words just don't compute...
then I snap out of it and realize I've just witnessed someone's dirty little fantasy!
Respek!
CCF/NDP: Is Taliban Jack a saintly pacifist*? Is Layton an intellectual pacifist? JS Woodsworth was a saintly pacifist? ...-
ottawasun.com - Douglas Fisher - NDP want to give peace a chance
... the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF), was led into the Second World War by JS Woodsworth, a saintly pacifist. He voted against declaring war, ...
www.ottawasun.com/News/Columnists/Fisher_Douglas/2006/05/20/1590373.html
Orwell:
"The majority of pacifists either belong to obscure religious sects or are simply humanitarians who object to the taking of life and prefer not to follow their thoughts beyond that point. But there is a minority of intellectual pacifists whose real though unadmitted motive appears to be hatred of western democracy and admiration of totalitarianism." ...-
http://polysigh.blogspot.com/2003/10/orwell-on-pacifism.html
The reason the left doesn't fear the "convert or die" scenario, is because they don't belive in anything. Conversion means nothing to them.
My thoughts are very much like most others posting. I do caution everyone to be very careful of the libby/sven crowd. These folks have a lot of organizing and media power. They can and will do great damage to our country, at least in my opinion. Fight them to the bitter end, but do not underestimate them.
Shamed: LMAO!
Layton reminds of a ventriloquist's dummy except he has less imagination, intellect, coordination, expression, elocutory skills or good looks.
Surging in the internal polls - well, that's certainly something to brag about - he's even tanked with the Dippers.
Give it up Jack, this stuff got old a long time ago. I heard you today yammering about how 'Canadians' want the Afghan mission to end.
Not this one. Maybe you should have listened to Karzai's speech today instead of pandering to the Dipper vote on CTV, as impressive as that constituency of realists may be.
Did I miss a resolution at the recent NDP convention wherein all delegates resolved to cease taking their psychotropic medications?
Carefull Bob....yer starting to say things with your "outside voice".
Syncro
MaryM:
You mean Hamid Karzai isn't sharing his oxygen with Jack Layton?
Unfortunately, Mr. Layton doesn't understand the nature and substance of fascism. Al Qaeda/Taliban types don't take prisoners, and when they do, it is only for the purpose of making internet mutilation videos.
Jack Layton is just as wrong on this issue as Tommy Douglas was with Adolf in 1937. Systematic appeasement just plays into the Al Qaeda/Taliban overall game plan.
While Tommy may have had some thoughts on medical care in Canada; I would not use his yardstick on foreign policy development.
So instead of learning German, the preferred language is Pashto and Dari (Afghan Persian/Farsi)? Welcome to Al Qaeda/Taliban uber alles.
I was not aware that NDP was to be recast as:
"Necrotic Demagogic Partei".
If a peace loving person like Benedict XVI, is singled out for beheading, as is the current Prime Minister Stephen Harper, I can't imagine that Jack Layton would fare much better; save for a conversion to militant Islam at the point of meeting Al Qaeda/Taliban.
I haven't heard when he will be making a trip to have a sit down chat with Al Qaeda/Taliban envoys.
Let me know how that all works out.
And foolish little lefties like Robert McClelland and his little piglet brood whine on his "blahg" that five million Canadians are being "snubbed" because Karzai refuses to meet with his precious Taliban Jack bin Layton. Then they changed the topic a mere four comments in because they know they can't say anything when someone challenges their stupid blathering.
Its obvious that the NDP and Taliban Jack bin Layton are more irrelevant than ever.
I wish people would stop referring to Taliban Jack as intelligent. How hard is it for him to understand that there is no point in building schools and hospitals if his pals are just going to blow them up??
First, remove scum. Then rebuild.
Why would Karzai want to meet with a political leader that in essence, says to him, "we want our troops out despite our government voting to extend this mission, your on your own until this is over; call when the hard work is done, THEN we'll be glad help."
Go to hell Taliban Jack bin Layton. Take your fake boiled dogs head grin and shove it up your ass.
As a serving member of the Canadian Forces, I am truly baffled by the "logic" of the NDP in this topic. I am a soldier in the Combat Arms, but would not hesitate to provide food, shelter and compassion over fighting if given the opportunity. However when soccer balls, pens and paper are forcibly taken from children's hands as soon as we leave an area, and their school blown up and their teacher beheaded, how can anyone not want to stand up and fight for those who cannot? We do our job so that those who specialise in rebuilding can do theirs. The NDP is trying to gain political points on the backs of the oppressed. UBIQUE
Christie Blatchford (G*d bless her!) has noted about Jackass Laydown that he is clever enough to know that the CF is doing the heavy-work required to allow the humanitarian and reconstruction projects to take root, BUT that he chooses to deliberately ignore that fact for crass political gain...
Of course!
Jack's never had to sacrifice a thing in his life or do "the heavy work" to gain any momentum for his initiatives (unless you call politicking at election time heavy work, which may mean motel beds and fast food for a few months, poor dear).
His tactics are to tax and spend, and he'll support anyone or any party who's willing to take from Peter (me and my family) to pay Paul (too many ne'er do wells who can't be bothered to work for a living--you know, those victims Jack and Olivia keep talking about...).
He's willing to talk the talk but incapable, because of a character flaw called narcissism, to walk the talk.
'Saw Bin Layton on David Rutherford's Mike Duffy Live show yesterday (Rutherford's been far fairer a commentator than Duffy ever was) and he looked as though he's been through the ringer. I guess he'd just not heard from Prime Minister Karzai AGAIN, and was beginning to realize that his political capital is in the sub-zero basement.
'Lookd good on ya', Jack.
Bob (1:08 P.M.)
Next election, N.D.P., 15 seats, tops.
Bob Rae as Liberal leader? Conservatives take 65+ Ontario seats.
Rally on Parliament Hill:
The rally to support all our troops overseas and their families was quite impressive. I would estimate 3-5,000 people (but I'm hardly an expert). Not bad considering that almost all the advance publicity was done by one media outlet: CFRA, Ottawa.
www.cfra.com/red-fridays/index.asp?id=8
Prime Minister Harper gave one of the most impassioned speeches I have heard from him. He pointedly stressed that our journalists only have their press freedom as a result of the sacrifices of our military--an obvious reference to these famous lines:
www.geoffmetcalf.com/soldier_20010920.html
"The Soldier
It is the soldier, not the reporter,
who has given us freedom of the press.
It is the soldier, not the poet,
who has given us freedom of speech.
It is the soldier, not the campus organizer,
who has given us the freedom to demonstrate.
It is the soldier, not the lawyer,
who has given us the right to a fair trial.
It is the soldier,
who salutes the flag,
who serves under the flag,
and whose coffin is draped by the flag,
who allows the protester to burn the flag."
By Father Dennis Edward O'Brien, USMC
The prime minister also usefully re-empasized the UN mandate for the forces in Afghanistan.
Messrs Graham and Dosjanh from the Liberals were there along with Peter Stoffer from the NDP (good on him)
thechronicleherald.ca/Editorial/527114.html
A sea of red.
Earlier in the morning MND O'Connor and Gen. Hillier were interviewed on CFRA--audio here:
www.cfra.com/chum_audio/SM-O-CON.mp3
www.cfra.com/chum_audio/SM-HILLI.mp3
Mark
Ottawa
I have read (can't remember where) that Taliban Jack's PhD thesis was, shall we say, slim.
www.ndp.ca/bio/
"Layton went on to study foreign investment and public policy at York University, earning a PhD in 1984. He would go on to teach at three universities, most recently as adjunct professor at the University of Toronto’s Department of Geography."
Actually his thesis was titled ‘How To Run Entire Countries With A Caucus Of Less Than 20 MPs.’
www.richardcleaver.com/?p=235
With 29 one might well be afraid, very afraid.
Mark
Ottawa
Now, in addition to "Taliban Jack" we have an inhouse "Taliban Bob!!"
Jack, meet Jack.
Who is Jack? Ask Murtha. ...-
You Don't Know Jack!!! (Diana Irey's second website is up and running!)
You Dont Know Jack ^ | 9-22-06 | website
Posted on 09/22/2006 11:20:33 AM PDT by smoothsailing
DIANA IREY NOW HAS A SECOND WEBSITE!!!!
Click the pic...-
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1706467/posts
Photo of Parliament Hill rally:
forums.army.ca/forums/index.php/topic,50714.msg448962.html#msg448962
Mark
Ottawa
ABG at 2:14: UBIQUE! Well said, gunner. A time and place for reconstruction, and a time and place for pest control. One follows the other, just as pest control follows the thump of a triple-seven.
I fervently hope that we arrive soon at the point where Canada can devote the majority of our efforts in Afghanistan into development instead of defence.
But until that time comes, let the soldiers do the job that only they can do: defending the weak and innocent from those who would prey upon them.
The NDP desperately wants this to be like Iraq or Vietnam, different wars but both were popular at one point and have become less so.
Problem is, we are actually fighting the right way, keeping the populace on board, a democracratically elected goverment actually wants us there, the bad guys are really bad guys not just different ideological thinkers. Mind you Ho Chi Min and Mao totally repuduated their promises when they got power.
So TaliJack is grandstanding on the wrong side of the issue. The Liberals are appropriately straddling the fence and the COns....well I think they can say in 2009 we have done our piece for the moment and rotate out with honour. This will undercut the Libs 100% and the NDP will look like fools.
We are doing the right things in Afghanistan at the moment and acheiving good results.
Really, who is the blind idealouge in this debate.
Its sad when the leader of the NDpp cannot see the light for the dark. He actuallly thinks appeasement works with radical Islamic's.Taliban Jack probably has ocean front property in Arizona also.
Mark Collins: RE: Rally
This is how you bring out the 'Hardwood Crew'; to bat a few balls past the PEACE TOWER!
Cheers
Bob said:
Layton and the NDP wouldn't be surging in the polls so much if the Conservatives and Liberals had a more intelligent and moral foreign policy.
Care to show me this "Surge" in the polls?
For those that can actualy read/interpret a series of poll's take a look. http://www.canadawebpages.com/pc-polls.asp
Bob, Dude, perhaps you and the NDP should sit down and smoke another joint. After that you can eat the best Kraft Dinner you've ever tasted and have some more halucinations.
A good comments thread on the Parliament Hill rally at Army.ca:
forums.army.ca/forums/index.php/topic,50714.0.html
Mark
Ottawa
What is the policy/stand/stance of the NDP re 20,000 rockets aimed at Israel?
Does the NDP agree with Liberal MP, Denis Coderre, who marched in Montreal in support of Hezbollah?
Coderre is national co-chairman, Quebec campaign/campagne branch, of the Liberal Party wannabe leader, M. Ignatieff.
Iggy-Layton-Rae: A perfect troika for the Socialist Party of Canada. ...-
Hezbollah supporters rally in Beirut
BEIRUT (AP) - Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah told hundreds of thousands of supporters Friday that his guerrillas will never surrender their weapons - including 20,000 rockets his group has left after its 34-day war with Israel. ...-
cnews
Maybe the reason the Canadians troops are shouldering so much of the combat is because Jack's socialist brothers, the Norwegians, sent troops that are not prepared to engage in combat.
http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article1456571.ece
"Norway has made it clear that its forces in Afghanistan are not sufficiently trained to take part in combat and not properly equipped to do so either. "
I don't know where this pompous little prick Layton gets off on saying "Canadians want" out of Afghanistan, or anything else that Canadians want or don't want.
Who are these so-called "Canadians" that this smarmy punk is talking about?
What an embarrassment to Canada.
So..um...if the Norwegians don't deliver the pizza to combat troops within 1/2 hour.....is it free?
About 2 weeks ago, there was a story in the Calgary Sun where taliban Jack was beaking off about it being too dangerous for our soldiers in the south; they should be moved to the safer north.
A thirty year old bit from George Carlin popped into my head - "Do anything you want to the girl but leave me alone."
Layton had no problems with other soldiers being put at risk because Dutch or German soldiers can't vote for him but he can't expect Canadian soldiers to vote for him either.
Layton is a coward, is pandering to the other cowards in this country and assuming that we are all cowards.
People join the military knowing that their sole function is to go into harm's way on our behalf. They accept the risk and we have a duty to support and honour them. None of this support the troops but not the mission, not calling our soldiers terrorists, but full blown, wear red on Fridays, wave the flag, send them letters, write our MPs to ensure they have the best possible training and equipment support.
Jack Layton and his ilk are human sewage.
no, bob, you are being illogical. If the politicians felt that the NDP position of 'cut and run' was what Canadians want, and was winning the NDP party votes, then, they'd copy with even stronger rhetoric, the sophistry of the NDP. Instead, they are attacking the NDP position. That means that they KNOW that the majority of Canadians don't support the NDP position. Logic 101.
Thanks, damian, for an excellent analysis. As you point out, the party of the left, supporting the gays/lesbians, supporting feminism, supporting gay marriage - is also supporting an ideology that viciously rejects all of these platforms? Yet another example of the illogical ludicrous mindset of the left.
Out of whack, eh?
This from the Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1158919397031&call_pageid=968332188492&col=968793972154&t=TS_Home
"OTTAWA — Canadian efforts in Afghanistan are properly balanced between reconstruction and military support, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said today, a direct rebuff to people such as NDP Leader Jack Layton who say the mission is out of whack."
I read this paragraph over the cubicle wall to a coworker as "Afghan President Hamid Karzai strode across the floor of Parliament and slapped Jack Layton across the face."
To which my coworker responded -- "There are some stories that just _should_ be true."
Cherniak, The Voice of the New Socialist Party of Canada,
joins with the old hag, Aunty-American, and their hearts, in summing it all up:
The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
When Taliban Jack received this message from Bob Cut'n Run Rae and Kyoto Dion, Taliban's head jubilated-bloviated-deificated. ...-
"I do not mean to suggest that Harper does not care about our troops. Of course he cares about them. I also believe that Bush cares about American troops. These two men are not heartless or evil. Indeed, I think they both have the best of intentions. The problem with Harper and Bush is that as much as they care about the troops, they care more about the power that "their" troops represent. They see the military, first and foremost, as a tool to project their country's power around the world. While that is always true, there are ways to project military power without taking on the most dangerous missions available. Any world leader who prefers the dangerous missions is not being fair to his country's soldiers.
I am proud of our Canadian troops. I am proud of the mission in Afghanistan. I think Canadians could have been proud to leave in February after having done our part. Since our word must be our bond, our people in uniform now need to stay until February 2009. At that point in time, we can still be proud to leave. I believe that we - particularly our brave soldiers - will have done much more than our fair share by then. For what little it is worth, my heart reaches out to the Canadians who will die over that extra two-year period. It did not have to be that way. ...-
http://jasoncherniak.blogspot.com/2006/09/afghanistan-is-nato-mission.html
Layton did end up having a brief encounter with President Karzai--read the babble he spouted afterwards:
davidakin.blogware.com/blog/_archives/2006/9/22/2351029.html
Mark
Ottawa
The usual comment from the NDP "this is what Canadians want" "Hey Taliban Jack you know what Canadians want, Is for you to shut the H*** up Because you have never asked what Canadians want! You base your theories on some lame poll( Out of 1,000 polled)
You Taliban jack should maybe pay more attention to what Mrs. Keating has said recently(video thread below)
You should also realize that you have alienated how many in the service of our country 50,000??+, & that is not including the families Of these Brave Men & Women.
Time has come to stop the electioneering rhetoric & support our brave, Not RIDICULE them.
At The Going Down Of The Sun & In The Morning We Will Remember Them.
Do these words not mean anything to you Socialist.
The time has come for Canadians to start standing up to the Socialist who only have one dream, STATE RUN, STATE OWNED, STATE THOUGHTS NOT YOURS, THEIRS.
Big Brother Big Brother Big Brother Big Brother
That's hilarious, Mark.
The Speaker has a little reception for the party leaders with Karzai, and Jack!, who's never in his entire life walked past a microphone without taking the time to illustrate what an idiot he is, has a press scrum afterwards to make himself look important?
I'd bet a month's wages that Karzai - who didn't, in fact, ever end up booking a meeting with Layton - was thinking the whole time "Who the hell invited this twit? I specifically avoided his sorry ass so as not to have to refrain from punching him in the teeth."
A public statement made out of small talk over juice at a mixer. Layton redefines the cliche 'pompous ass'.
melwilde 1:53 said: "I do caution everyone to be very careful of the libby/sven crowd. These folks have a lot of organizing and media power. They can and will do great damage to our country, at least in my opinion. Fight them to the bitter end, but do not underestimate them."
We need to win this fight in Canada or we may be unable to win the battle against terrorists in Afghanistan or anywhere else.