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Originally Posted by Charlatan
I suggest you get up to date on your facts.
Canada, for one, is doing what we can. We have active troops on the ground in Afghanistan. We currently stand at 23 soldiers killed in action and many more wounded. We are *not* standing idly by. In my opinion we are fighting the war that actually needed to be fought... the one against the Taliban.
Be a little more willing to get off that horse... It's a little high.
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The war against the Taliban isn't just the war against the Taliban, is it? Didn't the Taliban represent something that was unacceptable to the rest of the world, too? So why should the leading countries preoccupy themselves only with the Taliban and Afghanistan, when the same ideology - the same organization! - continues to conspire and commit acts of terrorism around the world, Toronto being a recent example of this.
While I think that supporting the effort in Afghanistan is honorable of Canada, more should be done by the other leading countries as well. I still see too many heads in the sand, too much appeasement, too much political correctness. I don't think resisting terrorism or helping reform the ME is near the top of many countries' agendas. In saying this, I place America at the very top of the list of nations who have set a less than perfect example, with the UN tied at 1a for talking a lot of shit to make everyone happy, while being counterproductive in the process. Mark my words - this latest UN-brokered
bandaid ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah - like all the broken resolutions before it - will lead to nothing but more suffering and violence.