Comments on: The Real Trouble With Afghanistan http://unambig.com/the-real-trouble-with-afghanistan/ independent thinking since 1974 (and 1947) Wed, 09 May 2012 06:41:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Canadiansense http://unambig.com/the-real-trouble-with-afghanistan/#comment-739 Canadiansense Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:17:16 +0000 http://unambig.com/?p=793#comment-739 The MP's can voice their disgust of the Taliban circus in QP quite easily. 1) Hold a press conference leave your caucus and sit and as Independent in disgust for reducing parliament into the joke it has become. 2) You can remain in your party but they may boot you or refuse to sign your papers when a campaign is called. 3) We have a single QC MP who has been returned 3x? The MP’s can voice their disgust of the Taliban circus in QP quite easily.

1) Hold a press conference leave your caucus and sit and as Independent in disgust for reducing parliament into the joke it has become.
2) You can remain in your party but they may boot you or refuse to sign your papers when a campaign is called.
3) We have a single QC MP who has been returned 3x?

]]> By: MarkOttawa http://unambig.com/the-real-trouble-with-afghanistan/#comment-737 MarkOttawa Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:34:13 +0000 http://unambig.com/?p=793#comment-737 Latest from Mr Glavin: "<a href="http://transmontanus.blogspot.com/2010/03/i-bet-you-thought-its-just-combat.html" rel="nofollow">I Bet You Thought It's Just The Combat Mission That's Coming To End Next Year, Right?</a>" What a political mess, craven hearts on all sides. Mark Ottawa Latest from Mr Glavin:

“I Bet You Thought It’s Just The Combat Mission That’s Coming To End Next Year, Right?”

What a political mess, craven hearts on all sides.

Mark
Ottawa

]]> By: Dwayne http://unambig.com/the-real-trouble-with-afghanistan/#comment-730 Dwayne Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:51:29 +0000 http://unambig.com/?p=793#comment-730 People forget that the initial mission was to end in 2007. Check this link for a story: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2006/05/17/afghandebate05172006.html And then in 2009: http://www.canada.com/globaltv/national/story.html?id=8f226100-05a0-46b8-8830-10c96966f72c&k=31999 Here are a series of links from CBC, 2001 - 2006: http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/afghanistan/timeline.html I find it interesting that the mission itself changed a few times, and that it was extended twice. I could be extended again, but each extension was voted on in the HoC... be interesting to see how the "loyal" opposition would vote this time. We know how the NDP and Bloc would vote. People forget that the initial mission was to end in 2007. Check this link for a story:

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2006/05/17/afghandebate05172006.html

And then in 2009:

http://www.canada.com/globaltv/national/story.html?id=8f226100-05a0-46b8-8830-10c96966f72c&k=31999

Here are a series of links from CBC, 2001 – 2006:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/afghanistan/timeline.html

I find it interesting that the mission itself changed a few times, and that it was extended twice. I could be extended again, but each extension was voted on in the HoC… be interesting to see how the “loyal” opposition would vote this time. We know how the NDP and Bloc would vote.

]]> By: Adrian MacNair http://unambig.com/the-real-trouble-with-afghanistan/#comment-729 Adrian MacNair Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:52:11 +0000 http://unambig.com/?p=793#comment-729 I eagerly await what the first Liberal mission would be. Sudan? Haiti? Where? I eagerly await what the first Liberal mission would be. Sudan? Haiti? Where?

]]> By: Bec http://unambig.com/the-real-trouble-with-afghanistan/#comment-728 Bec Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:49:20 +0000 http://unambig.com/?p=793#comment-728 Based on what I have heard and read, if a Liberal government were to become a reality, we wouldn't need to worry about Afghanistan because there would be no troops that would hang around and volunteer for or under these snakes. What a vision to behold, a mass exodus from our courageous women and men, giving a heartfelt 'fuddle duddle' to these pathetic traitors on the left! Based on what I have heard and read, if a Liberal government were to become a reality, we wouldn’t need to worry about Afghanistan because there would be no troops that would hang around and volunteer for or under these snakes.

What a vision to behold, a mass exodus from our courageous women and men, giving a heartfelt ‘fuddle duddle’ to these pathetic traitors on the left!

]]> By: cynical joe http://unambig.com/the-real-trouble-with-afghanistan/#comment-727 cynical joe Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:39:45 +0000 http://unambig.com/?p=793#comment-727 The ultimate irony is if Harper continues to limp along with Minority gov'ts, the LPC will eventually blame Harper for Canada <i>abandoning</i> Afghanistan. The ultimate irony is if Harper continues to limp along with Minority gov’ts, the LPC will eventually blame Harper for Canada abandoning Afghanistan.

]]> By: wilson http://unambig.com/the-real-trouble-with-afghanistan/#comment-726 wilson Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:39:39 +0000 http://unambig.com/?p=793#comment-726 ''As Terry Glavin says, across the political spectrum you have people who are fed up with the detainee issue.'' And isn't it curious that on this issue, there are no polls..... there are polls on changing the national anthem, yet months of non-stop 'Afghan detainee' and no polls. ”As Terry Glavin says, across the political spectrum you have people who are fed up with the detainee issue.”

And isn’t it curious that on this issue, there are no polls…..
there are polls on changing the national anthem, yet months of non-stop ‘Afghan detainee’ and no polls.

]]> By: Adrian MacNair http://unambig.com/the-real-trouble-with-afghanistan/#comment-725 Adrian MacNair Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:12:00 +0000 http://unambig.com/?p=793#comment-725 The LPC has no interest in Afghanistan and everybody knows it's a vote-killer so nobody brings it up at all. Which is kind of a strange thing to do since we're not at all preparing for our transition into exiting the country. I think the best thing we could do right now is stop obsessing on the detainee issue, and focus on what needs to be done over the next 365 days. The LPC has no interest in Afghanistan and everybody knows it’s a vote-killer so nobody brings it up at all. Which is kind of a strange thing to do since we’re not at all preparing for our transition into exiting the country.

I think the best thing we could do right now is stop obsessing on the detainee issue, and focus on what needs to be done over the next 365 days.

]]> By: cynical joe http://unambig.com/the-real-trouble-with-afghanistan/#comment-724 cynical joe Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:09:03 +0000 http://unambig.com/?p=793#comment-724 As much as I'd like Canada to continue its mission in Afghanistan, and especially the combat mission, the only way I can see that happening is if the LPC forms the next government and proposes that the mission continue. Its kind of 'only Nixon can go to China' sort of thing, and Canadian opinion on the problems of Afghanistan needs a Liberal champion to convince a Canadian media elite about the worth of that mission. To me thats a shame and an indictment of the current government's ability to sell the mission and the present media's capacity to see past the horse race politics and the CF members death watch, but I think that's the Canadian political reality of it. As much as I’d like Canada to continue its mission in Afghanistan, and especially the combat mission, the only way I can see that happening is if the LPC forms the next government and proposes that the mission continue. Its kind of ‘only Nixon can go to China’ sort of thing, and Canadian opinion on the problems of Afghanistan needs a Liberal champion to convince a Canadian media elite about the worth of that mission. To me thats a shame and an indictment of the current government’s ability to sell the mission and the present media’s capacity to see past the horse race politics and the CF members death watch, but I think that’s the Canadian political reality of it.

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