(1) As for why the Liberals are "making hay" on this issue is because our original mandate was the secure the urban areas and keep the Taliban, run out of the cities by the US, from coming back to the urban areas. Under the Conservatives, the mandate has changed from defensive to offensive. We're heading out into the country and taking out targets.
(2) oilers_fan: Which rules would you want our troops to break?
(3) I really think that the Green party makes a good point. There are many Muslim members of the United Nations. Having Canadian troops there makes it look like an occupation by overwhelmingly Christian countries. Canada should send supplies and money and help with the training, but these suicide bombers *might* think twice before blowing up other Muslims. Our troops are needed in other areas of the world where it wouldn't be seen as a Christian occupation.
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