Why Is Canada In Afghanistan?
The violence in Afghanistan shows no signs of abating, in fact it's escalating. Canada is ostensibly a peace-keeping nation, and our role in Afghanistan was touted as such when our troops were first sent in. Much later we were told that they may be involved combat and face danger with "some casualties". What is our mission there? Will Canadians go along complacently, sheep-like, with our governments who in reality aligned with the U.S. but shamedfacedly tell us otherwise? Are we to become an apathetic, dumbed-down bunch like our neighbours to the south? Perhaps it's high time we start reviewing the facts and finding out the truth and demanding action. We cannot blindly 'follow the leaders'. We must not wait for the body bags to arrive...Take the question: Why are there so many suicide bombers in the Muslim world?
Of course, there's a rote answer to this that we hear all the time: Muslims have a culture of death; their blind rage against our freedom leads them to sacrifice their lives to spite us.
Another explanation — one you rarely hear — is that they're blowing themselves up to fight military incursions into their lands. (In this sense, they're not that different from people throughout history who sacrificed their lives to defend territory against foreign armies.)
Then ask the question: Why is Canada really in Afghanistan?
Our troops are attempting a number of things in Afghanistan, including helping the Afghan people build a country. But we are also there to wage war, to kill “scumbags” who “detest our freedoms,” as our top military leader, Gen. Rick Hillier, has said.
(Shades of Bush?)
And do we Canadians really want our country staying in Afghanistan?
Canadian Maj.-Gen. Andrew Leslie, echoing Hillier, has talked about Canada's role in Afghanistan as a 20-year commitment fraught with danger: “There are things worth fighting for. There are things worth dying for. There are things worth killing for.”
Read this article by Linda McQuaig here
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