We have the best troops in the world. Our
country supports them 100%. The Afghanistan NATO mission is not going well and
is generating huge losses and costs while the situation for the people there
seems to be getting worse. We take a long hard look at just what is going on and
it's not pretty.
We
have an online poll for you to express what
Canada should do in Afghanistan. Nearly 100% of us support our troops
but the mission is another issue. 10 choices are offered for you to vote on
and an "other" category if none of them fit your views. Here is a
chance to share your opinions on the this very important topic.
Many now are standing up
and asking the hard questions. We
feel the best support for our forces is to make sure they have the best plan and
best equipment -not placed in a position where victory is impossible and losses
are unreasonably high and billions of dollars of equipment is being worn out and
destroyed. We don't want our troops to be what a retired Canadian Army Col
recently called "sitting ducks".
Recent reports are that the Taliban has
grown to 8000 fighters and 150 training camps and our troop strength has stayed
the same. We need a plan B. As one of our commanding generals said "we paid for
this information"- and I suggest its time to use it. We now know we cannot
protect our troops against the IED- what are we going to do- simply loose
more- or apply what we have learned for a plan B? Canadian troops and
taxpayers have paid a very high price for this mission -many would say much
too high and it's simply time to re-think it and do the right thing -for our
troops and taxpayers first and for Afghanistan next as ultimately it is
their problem to solve.
Everyone there
seems to agree a military solution is impossible. If this is the case and if
the majority of Canadians want us out then -why are we still there?
Our troops are brave and professional and will go where we send them with
the equipment we give them and get the job done. Do we really
want to send them back for a forth and fifth rotation to this arm pit
of the world? How would you like to go back to this war zone five times? I
wouldn't. Because if you go back for five rotations something is
wrong. Some of our troops have gone back eight times!
And if a military
solution is possible then lets get it over with and make any
necessary changes in the rules of engagement to end the war quickly. If that
means using overwhelming force to crush the enemy- lets hold our noses and
do it. Canada does not have the right mix of equipment to fight an offensive war so
it will be left to the USA to clobber the enemy into submission.
That's how other wars were won.
Canadians participated in saturation bombing
of Germany. You reduce the other side to rat shit and they give up and then
you move on from there. The system is very brutal but it works and
Germany is an example as it is now the largest exporter of goods on the
planet. . Squandering the best troops in the world and countless billions of
dollars and still not seeing any progress is not the way to go. And keeping
a stiff upper lip until 2011 and taking another 100 deaths and more billions
of costs is just plain stupid. Who are we trying to impress?
