Rantness

Hey my friends,

Is it only me that is getting sick with the oppositions tirade about Afghan prisoner abuse??? Do the citizens of Canada really care about Afghan Taliban fighters? If there is wrong doing found in this case, will they go for wrongdoing in WW1 and WW2?? And don't forget Korea, a UN sanctioned war that resulted in a cease fire that is ongoing to this day.

If the Governement decided to build a detention center for the Taliban prisoners that we captured, some pencil necked liberal or ndp would have been up in arms on this cost when we should just have handed them over to the Afghanistan police.

This whole affair smacks of a high school scandal where one side thinks the other has done something wrong.

The opposition should concentrate on coming up with better ideas than the government and not just complaining about minor problems...

Really who cares how the Afghans treat each other? Sure there were a few episodes of female execution for not following Muslims rules, but I think that that was fairly rare, because women are smart enough to not do something that would get them killed. Did the Taliban execute women on a daily basis in the Olympic stadium? Or just a few to set the example?

Yes women are better off now, I guess.. they are still covered with burquas and such. The odd female news reporter suddenly disappears, but that is now under NATO's rule..

My thoughts are to leave that back ward ass country and maybe focus on some country close to home - perhaps Haiti? Perhaps Newfoundland?

I'm glad to hear the gov't has verified that 2011 will be the end date for Canadian combat action.

I'm troubled to hear that they may send Canadian troop to the Congo. The news reports that it will be a more traditional peace keeping operation. Sure take a young man from the Maritimes or from the prairies and plonk him into Africa. He will soon learn that these savages are only out for themselves. Well I think that the tradition peace keeping mission is no more. Us western force have tried to keep the peace in too many places with no success. Unprofor in Bosnia where we sat between forces and watched the fight. Rwanda where we had no teeth. Afghanistan where we helped prop up Karzai, just one of the many warlords. Hamid was probably chosen by the US before 911, and afterwards seemed the best choice to lead a pro US Afghanistan. Hamid has shown some balls lately when he complains about civilian casualties caused by NATO artillery or air.

Just saying....

From Joe White: All I can say to that is.....well said, I agree with you 100% You should have that published in a newspaper somewhere, make Canadians open their eyes. Its amazing how ignorant Canadians are as to whats really going on in this world. Well said buddy!!