Canadians in Afghanistan

fargon · 06-25-2006, 05:52 AM

The Taliban, or whatever you may call them are shooting themselves in the foot. We ( the Coalition ) are fighting an evil group of criminals, who are mad because we have taken away there power and instead of acting like conquers are allowing the people of Afghanistan to govern themselves. Fundamentalist Islam in it self does not condone such acts. The people served by these clinics are usually women and children, those who are the future, and those who carry and nurture the future.

richlevy · 06-25-2006, 09:36 AM

Unfortunately, the battle lines have been drawn here and will not disappear anytime soon. Part of this is the fact that we have a President who is openly devout and who has pledged to wage a crusade against terrorism. While we have forgotten those words, the Middle East is no more likely to forget them than we are Ahmadinejad's use of the word jihad.

Of course, in this kind of war there are fewer and fewer bystanders. The clinic was part of a 'hearts and mind' effort, so it was in part a military operation. A NGO clinic run by missionaries would also be seen as a threat considering that part of their goal would be proselytization.

This leaves the only non-threatening presence a secular NGO clinic, and they would just be threatened because they didn't have military or church backing.

BTW, if Hamas wanted to open a clinic in the USA in a poor Muslim neighborhood, it would be shut down within a few hours. The only difference is that the ambush would be by goverment lawyers. Who you are connected to does make a difference on both sides of the Atlantic.

Remember that these people do not watch Fox News and understand that all soldiers are apple pie loving kids from Wisconsin (or Toronto) who just want to help. Many of them listen to Al-Jazeera and consider anyone with a uniform an unlawful occupier at best.

xoxoxoBruce · 06-25-2006, 01:58 PM

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Originally Posted by richlevy

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The clinic was part of a 'hearts and mind' effort, so it was in part a military operation.

Aren't the Canadians there under the auspices of the UN as peace keepers/humanitarian aid? Nothing to do with the US plan (more likely non-plan) for Afghani hearts and minds.

I have to agree with UT, these thugs are only interested in killing anyone they don't control and don't mind taking out some of the ones they do control, as collateral damage.

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richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	Unfortunately, the battle lines have been drawn here and will not disappear anytime soon. Part of this is the fact that we have a President who is openly devout and who has pledged to wage a crusade against terrorism. While we have forgotten those words, the Middle East is no more likely to forget them than we are Ahmadinejad's use of the word jihad. Of course, in this kind of war there are fewer and fewer bystanders. The clinic was part of a 'hearts and mind' effort, so it was in part a military operation. A NGO clinic run by missionaries would also be seen as a threat considering that part of their goal would be proselytization. This leaves the only non-threatening presence a secular NGO clinic, and they would just be threatened because they didn't have military or church backing. BTW, if Hamas wanted to open a clinic in the USA in a poor Muslim neighborhood, it would be shut down within a few hours. The only difference is that the ambush would be by goverment lawyers. Who you are connected to does make a difference on both sides of the Atlantic. Remember that these people do not watch Fox News and understand that all soldiers are apple pie loving kids from Wisconsin (or Toronto) who just want to help. Many of them listen to Al-Jazeera and consider anyone with a uniform an unlawful occupier at best. __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama

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