BKells said:No, the battlegroup tasking is over in '09.
Ending the military mission means ending much more than just the Battle Group. PRT, OMLTs, SOF, and various other entities would also end."2011 for international aid, 2009 for the military mission," Mr. Bernier told Radio-Canada television last week.
He does not appear to be doing very much to build that support. At the moment, the opposition is launching an aggressive campaign to devalue the importance of military contributions to victory in Afghanistan. Canadians are being missinformed and sold a non-vision which cannot work. Nobody is doing a clear job of fixing that.tomahawk6 said:Before Harper commits to further rotations he surely wants to garner more public support ?
MCG said:He does not appear to be doing very much to build that support. At the moment, the opposition is launching an aggressive campaign to devalue the importance of military contributions to victory in Afghanistan. Canadians are being missinformed and sold a non-vision which cannot work. Nobody is doing a clear job of fixing that.
If the House votes this fall to end the mission in '09, then wheels will be set in motion. The damage done will be too great to undo next year even if the Conservatives were to win a majority in a winter or spring election.
.... I think Canadians have also had enough of politicians that announce they will do one thing and then do the opposite a year down the road.
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Maybe this is the start of what we need...http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20070902/afghan_mission_070902/20070902?hub=Canada
Ending the military mission means ending much more than just the Battle Group. PRT, OMLTs, SOF, and various other entities would also end.
18-and-ready said:Would you rather be American?
18-and-ready said:I was simply going off what the previous comment was
I agree our government does some silly things at times
but really...Id much rather be Canadian
Simply if your not Canadian whats your other option?