Canadians Too Thick to Support Afghanistan Mission

[JohnyCanuck]

Canadians Too Thick to Support Afghanistan Mission:
Defence Minister

by
C. L. Cook

PEJ News
February 25, 2006

SNIP

With his bum barely in the chair at the head of Canada's armed forces, rookie Cabinet Minister O'Connor is holding forth to the world's press, complaining of the dumb-asses, in the form of the majority of Canadians polled, he has to deal with. More amazing perhaps to O'Connor is the desire of an even greater number of Canadians asked that demands be made of Parliament to debate war issues before committing troops, a novel notion sure to displease the Freshman Tories.

But, put on the spot, O'Connor bleats:

"Our policy is that, in future, if we're committing troops somewhere in substantial numbers we would go to Parliament and we'd basically seek the support of Parliament."

But, that future is happening fast. It's a miracle no more than eight unfortunate Canadians have seen their futures end in Afghanistan to date. If not for the professionalism of the Canadian military, and a deployment in the relatively calmer capital region, the only place effectively ruled by the Karzai government put into power, it would be much worse.

But, it's about to get worse. And, Saturday's wounding of a Canadian in a grenade attack near Kandahar is evidence of that.

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[glarius]

1. Every time I've seen this clown O'Connor on TV, I've been less and less

impressed by him. He's obviously a hawk and is reveling in the job of Defense Minister and all it's powers.

[MrPrax]

4. When were you impressed by him?

since you've been less and less impressed? ;-)

[glarius]

5. Oh Puleeze........You know what I"m saying!

The man is a hawk nut job.

[Spazito]

2. Hmmm, isn't that the same straw man argument the bush admin

uses when there is opposition to their positions. If we ONLY understood the policy, we would support it. We are too dumb to understand or the situation hasn't been EXPLAINED properly, it is a communication problem not a policy problem.

Well, I suspect the intimation that Canadians are too dumb to understand the implications is NOT going to go over well, lol.

[IntravenousDemilo]

3. And for the first long while, until fairly recently, the majority of those

Canadians killed in Afghanistan were done in by Americans.

[ConcernedCanuk]

6. Be nice now, those Nintendo Pilots got their hand slapped -

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It was only four Canuks ya know in that little turkey shoot there

Just an honest mistake

Dem Murikkans do it all the time ya know

Shooting their hunting partners in the face 'n all

We're just too friggen sensitive - -