I think we've already heard that
from Iggy ....
....from
Bob Rae....
.... and from
Senator Hugh Segal:
So some minds on the other side are changed.....
Jack? Gilles? Anything to add? Hello?
I have to agree with what E.R. Campbell said here in September:
Given that, so far, it sounds like the PM's pretty keen on maintaining the "get the military outta Dodge by 2011" course.
As for this....There have been calls for years, here and elsewhere on blogosphere, for better communication by those we elected about the mission, and better engagement of the Canadian public. Anything is better than nothing, but IMHO, it's too late to change public minds now.
Unless the Government has an epiphany about the value of the mission continuing, saying, as RG suggested, "hey, the situation now is not like the situation earlier, so we have to respond differently," we're (the military component, anyway) outta there. I'll even bet a donation to a charity helping Canada's war wounded, or families of the fallen, that there will be no government "about face" on this.