[Flashpoint]

In an attempt to get back on topic, I propose the following.

The threat of terrorist attack is exactly why we should get out of Afghanistan. We went into the country without a clear goal, we are not a nation building country, and now the actions of a past government are putting the Canadian people in danger at home.

We have turned Afghanistan from a extremest Muslim failed state, into a US supported puppet that is now the world leader in Heroin production. The Canadian presence has secured the capital to some extent, but so long as Al Queda is able to flee unhindered into Pakistan, we will never make any headway.

I suppose our biggest obstacle is that a large number of the Afgan people simply don't support us. If they did, the operation to kill the enemy terrorists would be successful. As it is, we don't have the support of the indigenous people, and as such, will never be able to build this country.

We need to pull out, sooner rather than later, and let these people stand (or fall) on their own. Canada is not the world's policeman, and if the US isn't willing to make Afghanistan a primary theatre of war on the fight on terror, then we shouldn't be there at all.

I welcome your thoughts.