Hey. I agree with the action in Afghanistan. I agree with supplying out armed forces with respectable equipment, supplies and backing.
If the gov't wanted to change the practice regarding the lowering of the flag, then that is their perogative, but to do this when 4 Canadians have been killed is a political blunder. Smart would have been to do it this time and explain that this will be the last time, that henceforth they would return to previous ways. They painted themselves in a poor light.
The with their media ban, they took something that would have been seen on once in a 5 minute segment on the evening news and instead made it the lead story on many newscasts. I disagree with this policy, I didn't see any political parties attempting to make any political points from previous military losses, it appeared to me that Canadian sensabilities were better than that. This is another misstep.
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