Though I generally support Jack Layton, I was a little disappointed by his heavy handed moralizing on this issue. It's so hard to wade through both the government and press reports on what's really going on over there. Hamid Karzai just visited Canada and vocally encouraged our efforts. At the same time others are questioning his true standing as President of Afganistan.
My gut is that some progress is being made and that overall we're having some positive effect, seen not as occupiers but stabilisers. Just this Monday, Sufia Ama Jan, a prominant education activist was murdured by Taliban gunmen while she was on her way to work. We can't abandon this country so soon and leave it in the hands of such dangerous idealogues.
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