Coverage of fallen soldiers banned :
"CFB Trenton bars media from base - 'U.S.-style tactics' condemned"
Apr. 25, 2006.
http://tinyurl.com/o2tqy
To my thinking, this dishonour soldiers. There is not doubt that the reason given is just a dodge, and that PM Harper wants to limit the negative exposure to the war in Afghanistan.
This is a departure from Canadian traditions, and is seen by aware people as a cozying up to the USA's Bush 'fascio-religious' ways.
Canadians do not need protection from negative images, what we need is the truth and the full story so we can openly and objectively DECIDE IF WE SUPPORT THIS WAR OR NOT.
The thing is, Harper knows that the direction of this war will not be compatible with Canadian morality, and so we are seeing the tactic of media manipulation of the facts. Harper knows people will just let the negative aspects of Canada's genocide in Afghanistan, or whatever it really IS that we are doing there, to slip from their minds.
AS OF TODAY:
We no longer have a full and open assessment of the facts on Canada's role in the Afghan war. Therefore, we can no longer support it, since it may be something we would not condone, we just do not know. Canadians are not as gullable and easily swayed as Americans are when it comes to war.
"CFB Trenton bars media from base - 'U.S.-style tactics' condemned"
Apr. 25, 2006.
http://tinyurl.com/o2tqy
To my thinking, this dishonour soldiers. There is not doubt that the reason given is just a dodge, and that PM Harper wants to limit the negative exposure to the war in Afghanistan.
This is a departure from Canadian traditions, and is seen by aware people as a cozying up to the USA's Bush 'fascio-religious' ways.
Canadians do not need protection from negative images, what we need is the truth and the full story so we can openly and objectively DECIDE IF WE SUPPORT THIS WAR OR NOT.
The thing is, Harper knows that the direction of this war will not be compatible with Canadian morality, and so we are seeing the tactic of media manipulation of the facts. Harper knows people will just let the negative aspects of Canada's genocide in Afghanistan, or whatever it really IS that we are doing there, to slip from their minds.
AS OF TODAY:
We no longer have a full and open assessment of the facts on Canada's role in the Afghan war. Therefore, we can no longer support it, since it may be something we would not condone, we just do not know. Canadians are not as gullable and easily swayed as Americans are when it comes to war.
