What Jack, in addition to this, should do is criticize the Cons and Libs for supporting/escalating the Afghan war that killed our loved ones and the loved ones of the Afghans.
Yes, well here's what I said after that post:
Layton should get on a podium and tell the truth - that every single death of a Canadian in Afghanistan is a horrible waste - a death in vain. He should clearly call upon Canadian youth to not enlist if it means going to Afghanistan.Would babblers agree that Layton should take that stand?
Absolutely yes.
Absolutely not (and I've been to Afghanistan). Have any of you who spend your time bashing the Canadian Forces ever served? Hell, have any of you even talked to a Canadian soldier to see what they think. You know, I wish I could have taken some of you with me on the Northern Patrols I've been on, or up to the Bering Sea, where we staged to catch illegal driftnet fishers, and see if you'd all be so quick to dismiss me as a "murderer." Even the Afghan confict is not quite as simple as you make it out to be.
Some of you need to get your heads out of your orthodox ideological as3es. I've been a social democrat my whole life, and some of you have me questioning the value of supporting the NDP.