First, let me compliment you on the quality of the analysis contained in your blog, as a member of the CF I am impressed by how often you “get it right”. I am even more impressed by your willingness to acknowledge when you don’t understand something well.This e-mail should stop there, but the truth is as a soldier recently returned from Afghanistan I have been quite disappointed lately by the quality of discussion surrounding the mission. For a while, The Torch was the only place I could find reasonable discussion of the CF mission, however, thanks to some of the links you have posted lately I have learned that there are others who are willing to examine the mission in a reasonable manner.
Thankfully, I have realized yesterday that there is meaningful debate occurring about the mission in Afghanistan, it just isn’t happening on Parliament Hill, or in our newspapers or on our televisions and radios, it is happening on the Internet.
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The rest is here.
"Islamic radicals trying to impose Taliban-style social edicts in northwestern Pakistan are growing bolder, bombing shops selling Western films, threatening barbers for trimming beards and warning hotels to remove televisions from guest rooms.
Minorities and secular opposition parties say the government is doing too little to counter the "Talibanization" of growing swaths of the country."
This can't be true. Does Taliban Jack know about this? Are he and his fellow leftist comrades going to allow this to continue?
The frustration of our soldiers in doing their job in a guerilla warfare conflict is difficult enough without looking over their shoulder as the MSM and all the opposition parties criticize them endlessly. The leftist merge with the muslims must make them feel even more embattled.
Dave : Taliban Jack and all the hand-wringing Starbucks left couldn't give a rat's arse about you, about the CAF, about the Afghanis or the taliban....this is purely and wholly a deconstruction opportunity for them....a chance to malign the existing political order in our society...and parade about as morally superior beings from utopia while we mortals are left to battle the forces of evil back in the real world.
For lefty, Afghanistan is merely a soap box to preach utopian gibbersh from...people don't matter to utopians...only the utopian dogma...that's where their loyalty lies.
BZ Mr. Brooks
Hmm, three comments. And this, the Afghan detainee coverup;
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=51e69258-402f-4c0a-bff2-9d40aa45d555&k=21837
This is what our soldier friend means. But, how can Harper discuss the mission in this environment? To appeasers, soldiers are nothing more than political pawns. BTW, have Layton or Dion ever gone to Afghanistan?
Hopefully, this coalition of moonbats never get ahold of the reigns of power.
WLM, I totally agree with you. What amazes me with the marxist/leninist types like Layton is that they must have studied some history in their march to utopia and seen that THEY are the first ones against the wall when their heros take over.
Will coalition forces leave when the Afghan government asks them to leave? It would appear that not everyone in the government there is happy with what is going on?
3w.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6621121,00.html
Oh, and why is no one mocking Karzai for saying he wants to talk to the Taliban? Obviously, he must be taking his cue from Jack Layton.
I doubt Karzai is taking his cue from Jack Layton, unless he moved from Afghanistan to some ivory tower.
Perhaps he should, though, take his cue from Pakistan's experience at peace agreements and ceasefires with Taliban.
The article also make reference to this ceasefire cease hostilities resolution indicating "crumbling" support for the Afghan operation. No substantiatian whatever, just leaves inference out there. Nice "journalism."
"What amazes me with the marxist/leninist types like Layton is that they must have studied some history in their march to utopia and seen that THEY are the first ones against the wall when their heros take over."
If you'd studied any history you'd know that Layton isn't a marxist-leninist.
All right, exile, how about NDP/New Left/Socialist, whatever.