"QUEBEC (CP) - The New Democratic Party has officially become Canada's first major political party to call for a withdrawal of the country's troops from Afghanistan.
A party convention voted massively Saturday in favour of leader Jack Layton's call for a pullout, giving his proposal an endorsement from grassroot members and making it formal NDP policy. "
Glad to see that the party is backing Jack. This should be the beginning of the end of our involvement in the Afghan debacle.
Meanwhile, back in the mountains, the NATO commanders say we (we being NATO countries not just Canada) need to send 2000 additional troops into A'stan. How dumb.
What we NEED is negotiations with the Pakistanis. What are they up to, signing agreements with Taliban supporters?
Clean up the Pakistan divided-loyalty issue, and then the soldiers can come home. And the Pakistan problem will be resolved by negotiation, not by fighting. So we might as well start packing up our kitbags now and heading on home. This mess will be resolved at the negotiating table.
I always laugh (bitterly) when I see new headlines wanting to alarm us about increasing violence in A'stan. The country's been at war for, what, 27 years? There's no such thing as NEW violence there.
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