One Canadian Soldier, a Mother's Fears
In this impassioned article, a Canadian mother is fearful about her son who is readying for war in Afghanistan and questions "what he is fighting for".My son is readying for war. If only I could be sure of what he was fighting for
By DEBORAH JONESOn March 29, in a firefight with Taliban insurgents, Private Robert Costall became the 12th Canadian killed in the Afghanistan mission. When the news slammed home, tears filled my eyes, and I turned to my family photographs. I impulsively touched the pictures of my elder son as a child splashing in a stream, balancing in a tree, standing proud on his first day of school. I was right there, off camera, ensuring the tree was not too high, the water not dangerously swift. The latest photo of my son, now 20 and a part-time infantry soldier with the Canadian Forces Reserves, was taken in a military helicopter. (I'd rather not give his name for safety reasons.) He wears a uniform and a broad grin under his helmet. As he trains for a near future mission, most likely in Afghanistan, I'm no longer behind the lens. Now it's Canada's government that protects my boy from unnecessary danger. And every time a soldier dies in Afghanistan, that reality turns my heart cold.
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