Thanks jerry!
But there is an awful truth that we tend to avoid, a truth that must
be proclaimed if we are to end the killing on all sides of this bloody
conflict. The truth is that those 101 brave Canadians died for nothing.Their lives were stolen from them, and from their loving
families and friends, because of a lie. Too many young children will
never see their fathers again, because of a lie. More accurately, they
died for a series of lies.One lie is that Canada is
there to help the “democratic” Hamid Karzai. But the fact is that his
government was installed by the Bush regime, and that it is both
incompetent and riddled with corruption from the drug trade.A
related lie is that this is a war for women’s rights. Since when has
Stephen Harper ever taken the lead in advancing the rights of women?
Indeed, one of the first things Harper did when he became prime
minister was to close 12 out of 16 Status of Women Canada regional
offices, while removing “equality” from SWC’s objectives.Another
lie is that it is possible to win a military victory over the various
tribes and political factions fighting the occupiers. British and
American military officials are finally admitting that they are losing
ground, and the bloodshed will only increase as the war drags on.The
biggest lie of all is that Canadians are being killed in the fight
against terrorism. The Taliban did not attack the United States on
September 11, and it is not the only group fighting against the
U.S.–led occupation. Moreover, even the U.S. Central Intelligence
Agency has concluded that Bush’s invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan have
led to more anti-Americanism and more terrorism, not less. Every time
innocent civilians are killed or a wedding party is bombed, more people
take up arms against the U.S.–backed forces, or support those who do.In
reality, Canadians are dying in Afghanistan in order to please the Bush
regime by aiding its attempt to dominate the Middle East for its own
geostrategic purposes, especially that of controlling the oil in the
region. In addition, there are some in the Canadian military who
despise our peacekeeping reputation and would rather that we adopted
the mindless war-fighting mentality of the American military.
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"watching the tide roll away"