"I have to get back"

Right.

I'm about to ask if they need a crackerjack mechanic in Afstan about now.
I'm a reservist.
And.
I'm in.

General H.: Let me know.

Not much more to say about that link other than "Thanks".

Peace, Propaganda & The Promised Land

A google video and a must watch if you want to understand the middle east

A very powerful and well written piece on what it is like to be in Afghanistan. The fact this person wants to go back after being wounded, speaks volumes of the feeling of brotherhood those of us who serve feel. It is hard to explain.........but Piper did it extremely well. God bless him!

Wow, What can you say, Its men like this that keeps me from pulling the pin and retiring from the CF. Well done soldier. Rest Heal and Ruck Up we still need you
" Where do we find men like these"

Ken asks "where do we find men like these"? I don't know but they keep turning up in our Canadian armed forces. God bless them all.

This should be required reading for Jack Layton et al. Jack, you don't speak for all Canadians (very few in fact), or the soldiers. Do you get it now? Of course everybody would like to be home, safe with their families. Nevertheless, they are determined to see this thing through, to help the Afghan people, and yes, to put their own lives in danger. Stop speaking for us and them Jack; we are insulted and offended by your ignorance and absence of objectivity. A young soldier gets it, why don't you? Shut up, please.

Anyone who does not "get it" after reading Piper's letter, is beyond being considered in any discussion on the deployment of the CF.

Beyond that, I cannot add anything to what Piper said.

All he talks about is that he has to be with his buddies, fight with his buddies, etc. I think that's a normal reaction to shared danger. It has absolutely nothing to do with the question - moral and political - of whether we should be in Afghanistan.

First of all, thank you, Piper: You're a rare breed in this day of the entitled "Me" generation. Many blessings.

exile, I disagree. You say, "All he talks about is that he has to be with his buddies, fight with his buddies, etc. I think that's a normal reaction to shared danger."

And you don't think "the shared danger" applies to us at home? Where would you prefer the fight against "this shared danger" to be? Over there? Or over here?

Because if we don't contain the ME threat on their turf, the attempt to do so's going to be on ours.

exile, I never hear from people like you what's likely to happen to the West if our military mission in the ME's abandoned. Please describe the next steps: The Taliban and co. will be so relieved, they'll stop killing us? That's one possibility (sic). Please elaborate.

There is one reason and one reason only that the Taliban is interested in killing Canadians: Canadian troops are in Afghanistan.

The US was attacked because of it's presence in Saudi Arabia and its support of Israel. If we support the Bush regime, we will be attacked. If we don't, we won't. As bin Laden said, "Notice that we didn't attack Sweden".

If you believe that, exile, I guess you'd have believed Chamberlain.

Your lack of principle, which you obviously don't comprehend, is truly scary. I'd be interested in your thoughts about the Taliban's treatment of women. Are you in favour of a repressive theocracy? Your philosophy seems to be "I'm Ok so I don't care whether you are or not." Pretty short sighted and selfish, I'd say. And such isolationaism will only work in the short term. In "the global village" the world's become, I think you need to raise your sights, in more ways than one.