Peace life and ideas

Day of Protest

Today in Canada we have a day of protest over Canada's role in Afghanistan.

I have no real insights. I have never talked to a member of our troop mission, my sole knowledge of Afghanistan is in reading "the Kite Runner" and one time in Kansas City I had an Afghani taxi driver who was a graduate student in art at KU.

The taxi driver was horrified as to what had happened in his country prior to 9/11 and the years of Taliban rule were horrific. But that is one mans opinion.

I am sure Jack Layton has more insights than I do but I am not a big Jack Layton fan. (for my foreign readers Jack Layton is the leader of the NDP the most socialist of the three major Canadian political parties) Jack has been telling everyone who will listen that we should recall our troops. The ernest guy on TV today talking about the day of protest said that the mission is hurting Afghanistan and we are not reconstructing the nation.

I do think that Steven Harper our prime Minister should explain what exactly our mission there is and why we are doing it.. However, I suspect that we are doing it because as a significant member of the United Nations we are fulfilling a UN mission. We should not abandon this just because the going is a little rough. Those of you who snicker that I would not want my son there are 100% correct. But I would not want him to be a police officer either.

I need more information but I think we need to support the united nations...

and no I do not support the Iraq war. There was no evidence it was a rogue nation. The UN could not agree to take action. I don't know how we the western world can fix Iraq but I do know this... I hate it...

posted by hockeyman @ 4:41 PM