Time for a history lesson.
Next Note- How did Canada end up in the shxt section of Afghanistan, look to The Dithering Martin for that fiasco.
A lot less soldiers to bury if Harper was not the PM
Chrétien government rejected military's advice on Afghan deployment: ex-army chief - Canada - CBC News
The former Liberal government led by Jean Chrétien rejected the advice of military commanders by deciding in early2003 to send 2,000 troops to Afghanistan, CBC News has learned.
In the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks, Canada had sent several hundred soldiers to assist U.S. troops in tracking down al-Qaeda militants in Afghanistan. When that mission ended, senior military officers recommended that Canada send only 500 soldiers in a very limited role — but Ottawa chose instead to deploy 2,000 troops.
The commander of the army at the time, Lt.-Gen. Mike Jeffrey, said he told the chief of defence staff that his forces weren't ready for a significant mission overseas.
"We did not have strategic lift,My Note - Substantial number of Soldiers killed as we had no lift capabaility- Whle other NATO countries supplied by air- we went by road.End of note.[/COLOR]
we lacked certain strategic enablers, certain types of intelligence, certain types of communications," Jeffrey told CBC senior correspondent Brian Stewart. "
Our logistics capability was weak."