Jack Layton - Big Wuss!

Thursday, January 19, 2006
You Mean Peacekeeping Might Involve Fighting? Then Count Jack Out.
NDP leader Jack Layton has said that Canadian forces in Afghanistan should only be involved in peacekeeping and not in activities like hunting down Taliban and al-Qaeda terrorists. Specifically, according to the piece in the National Post:
Quote: TORONTO - NDP leader Jack Layton said he would likely vote against any proposal to expand or change the nature of Canada's mission in Afghanistan if the issue came before the House of Commons. "What Canadians do not support, in my view, is a war-like, offensive role in the context of Afghanistan," he said yesterday in Toronto. "That certainly, at a minimum, needs to have a discussion in Parliament before such a direction is authorized." Mr. Layton argued Canadians signed on for a peacekeeping mission, not mountain operations to flush out al-Qaeda and Taliban insurgents. Canada is scheduled to ramp up its presence in Afghanistan this spring to about 2,000 personnel, including members of the elite JTF-2 special forces units.
Unfortunately, Mr. Layton's is rapidly becoming the view many Canadians have of peacekeeping missions. After all,...

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I dunno about that Jersay. Wasn't it you that said why should Canada be in Afghanistan and make for a potential terrorist target. Or am I mistaken?