Re: RE: Layton & NDP against
now you're changing the topic. I didn't say "the UN will prevent their return to power if military assets are removed."
I haven't seen the exact wording of the resolution yet but the NDP press release says that "that Canadian troops must be withdrawn from their fighting mission in Afghanistan" (not a quote from the resolution). If fighting in the South is all we're doing over there now, as it seems the resolution as quoted implies, that's just another sign of how downhill this whole process has taken us.
but now that you mention it, again...
I'm not dodging. You're just not listening. We help prevent the Taliban from restablishing training camps by not tolerating their existence. Like I told Toros, read my posts.
You, like the conservative pundits that you rely on to feed you your lines, make it sound like Canada is the only thing standing between the current anarchy being sold as stability that exists now and a total overthrow of the legitimate government. That's simply not the case. Afghanistan is NOT going to fall overnight just because we pull our troops out in a safe manner. We have until February to ensure we don't leave our NATO allies that are active in the current operation in a dangerous situation.
There's a vast difference between holding a line and moving a line. If, as is likely, our withdrawal slows the military operation down to something more akin to maintaining security where possible (as is our mandate) and less like the current ground clearing operation that serves Chevron's needs, so much the better.
Colpy said:
now you're changing the topic. I didn't say "the UN will prevent their return to power if military assets are removed."
I haven't seen the exact wording of the resolution yet but the NDP press release says that "that Canadian troops must be withdrawn from their fighting mission in Afghanistan" (not a quote from the resolution). If fighting in the South is all we're doing over there now, as it seems the resolution as quoted implies, that's just another sign of how downhill this whole process has taken us.
but now that you mention it, again...
I'm not dodging. You're just not listening. We help prevent the Taliban from restablishing training camps by not tolerating their existence. Like I told Toros, read my posts.
You, like the conservative pundits that you rely on to feed you your lines, make it sound like Canada is the only thing standing between the current anarchy being sold as stability that exists now and a total overthrow of the legitimate government. That's simply not the case. Afghanistan is NOT going to fall overnight just because we pull our troops out in a safe manner. We have until February to ensure we don't leave our NATO allies that are active in the current operation in a dangerous situation.
There's a vast difference between holding a line and moving a line. If, as is likely, our withdrawal slows the military operation down to something more akin to maintaining security where possible (as is our mandate) and less like the current ground clearing operation that serves Chevron's needs, so much the better.
