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Originally Posted by Savvy27
Did you see Windsor's point about pulling troops out of a failing mission before more people die for an unachievable cause? He doesn't mean to say that he is sure the Canadian troops are going to fail THIS mission, only that if it appeared so he would support pulling the troops out before more Canadian lives were lost. This is no insult.
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I saw and replied to it:
I support what our soldiers want, if they want to be there, i support that. Thats hardily a slap in the face whether the mission fails or not.
The fact is, these soldiers have a commitment, something they hold very highly. To you, pulling out against our NATO commitment might not seem like much, but to a soldier who is tought loyalty and honour day in and day out, it's much more.
Afghanistan will never be deemed a "success" in 2009 but the fact of the matter is, this is going to be a long and hard process and for Canadian soldiers to be a part of that process is for the better. From now until then, a lot can be accomplished, when it comes to gaining public support, rebuilding and truly trying to get Afghanistan on her feet so it can combat the Taliban/Al Quada more effectivly it's self.
Canada is just one piece of a big puzzle, but with cooperation and patients Afghanistan can be a success.
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Originally Posted by Savvy27
Separate your emotional support of the troops from your ability to reason. There is a legitimate debate to be had and a refusal to engage in respectful discourse is a slap in the face to the ideals of democracy.
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Well then, please elaborate. I'd love to hear your thoughts (or anyone elses thoughts on why Canada should pull out - given you have stated you are in support of the mission)
My point is pretty straight forward, the mission is not a disaster, it's heading in a good direction reguardless of what the media says. We are seeing more combat than reconstuction, thats because these soldiers need to combat the Taliban influence, or face the possibility of every-day civillians switching sides. As well as preventing future attacks, simply sitting around on the defensive all the time gives the enemy the upper hand, time to regroup and strategize - which in turn, puts our soldiers in danger. It's not as easy as most politicians think or as easy as the media seems to portray it.
So given what i've just said here, and basically everything i've said on this page, there is no real legitimate argument of a pullout and most anamosity is coming from the negative media backlash to this campaign which is swaying the Canadian public in a negative and un-true way.