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Originally Posted by eazyduzzit
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Simply calling for Canadian troops to come home is 1 big slap in the face to those who have payed the ultimate trying to bring peace and freedom to that country - something we take for granted here. As well as basically supporting the Taliban / Al Quada fighters because they want nothing more than Canada gone and more importantly NATO gone so they can once again take back that country and drive it back into what it once was.
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No, its not. I don't see how in this situation, calling for a retreat is a slap in the face to Canadian troops at all. People are not calling into question the loyalty, effort or conduct of the troops, they just disagree with either the purpose of the mission or the plausibility of victory under acceptable terms.
Supporting the troops is not blind cheerleading for whatever cause a military is pursuing regardless of its merit. At least not in my opinion. My view is that to support the troops you wish or pray for their safety, and if you support their goal, for success. (There are likely many other and probably more useful means of support, but I doubt telling people who are against the mission that they might as well be suicide bombers is one of them...)
Personally I am in favour of the Afghanistan mission, but I do not see you as a kindred spirit. Accusing people of supporting the taliban because they do not think Canada or NATO is justified in their intervention is outrageous. Isn't it enough to disagree with someone intellectually, without having to identify them with your enemy?