Korean Job Discussion Forums

[thepeel]

Why is this our job? How is it that we came to this again? (mostly) European people invading the so called third-world and pushing our way of life on them? That aside, why is this a Canadian responsibility specifically? Just cause the Liberals said so?

And when they follow us home, and attack some train in Toronto as they almost certainly will, what then? Why would we fly around the world putting our imperialist nose where it does not belong, pissing off the already crazy and pissed of locals and given 1.5 billion people are reason to hate Canada? Especially when we know so much about colonial outcomes of the past? When did Canada become a colonizer? We are pushing our way of life on them. This is grossly inappropriate.

How is it that so many have accepted this to be a good idea?

[catman]

Canada's combat mission is over in 2009. It is extremely doubtful that it would be extended.

[Adventurer]

[The_Conservative]

[thepeel]

[Adventurer]

It sometimes takes years to achieve victory. It was a mistake to launch a war in Iraq when there was no total victory in Afghanistan. There was a certain naive view that the Taliban would simply disappear and not regroup. Military planners and politicians should prepare for the worst case scenarios. That is what went wrong. There aren't enough troops in Afghanistan, and because the U.S. cannot send more troops Australia is sending 375 more soldiers. Canada has already sent extra troops. I don't think Britain can send any unless the ones who are pulled out of Iraq go to Afghanistan. It would then make it easier to route out the Taliban.

[Kuros]

I would like to see Germany, France, and other European powers inform the public what number of extra personnel, equipment, support, etc they could provide and under what conditions they could provide them.

Seems to me since the US is already abuzz with implementations to reduce carbon emissions, they might be able to reinforce Afghanistan in exchange for pledges from Washington concerning emissions reductions.

[freethought]

I'm not attacking what anyone has said, so please no one go nuts...

I find it interesting those who think that a 'surge' will work in Afghanistan, but criticize the 'surge' in Iraq. Or, rather, make this argument exclusive of Iraq.

I did my MA on American policy in Afghanistan, and the one fact that scholars seem to agree on is that Afghanistan has seldom been peaceful over the last 800 years or so, and has almost always experienced tribal and sectarian violence in one form or another. Conflict, murder/slaughter and war aren't so much an exception or recent development in Afghanistan, but rather the rule, so to speak. The one notable break in these internal conflicts happened to occur during the Soviet occupation, prior to the jihad of 1979. One of history's sad little ironies.

[The_Conservative]

[Wrench]

Well its all a waste.. I guess Canadians died for south Korea for nothing. Its was a waste of time and money. Fack South Korea fack Afghanistan.

/sarcasim off