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Quote by: Nono  You're asked by the Kyoto Accords (every bit as much of a treaty commitment) to do this and that, and Harper makes deep cuts to the very programmes meant to accomplish this,
So much for Canada's refusal to lie low, eh? But then Kyoto means stepping on US toes rather than kissing Washington's ass. |
Kyoto doesn't mean stepping on the US's toes.... what we do to meet these enviromental goals isn't in relation to the US... in fact, last I checked, the US didn't join into the Kyoto..... we haven't met these goals in Kyoto because our country is so far out of whack with enviromental needs, too many businesses and tax dollars would be lost too quickly in order to meet them.... instead... it appears as though they are trying to make a new plan that will eventually meet the requirements of Kyoto without screwing up our economy..... but that's a totally different topic and not related to Afghanistan.
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You know, Prax, that sounds a lot like the US plan in Vietnam. A lot like it.
And we know how that ended.
And we know how every blessed foreign intervention in Afghanistan -- ever -- has ended.
Canadians will eventually get tired of body bags and take those ludicrous support-the-troops stickers off their cars. Only a matter of time.
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Perhaps.... but our troops are not US Marines, and the situation isn't the same as it was in Vietnam, nor is it like what it is in Iraq. We pushed into the South East and took over many areas the Taliban held.... they pushed back a few times and took a few places back, but then we just came back and pushed them back out..... and so far they have stayed out..... control in the South East is starting to improve and development is begining, as well as trust from the locals.
The villagers have been asked by the media what they require from all of our troops, and they always say they want more security from the Taliban, more food, and more reconstruction. There isn't many screaming for the NATO forces to leave. Many are very fed up from the Taliban Rule, and unlike in Iraq where they want everyone to leave, Afghans, although battle weary, are hoping this time, that we can help them.....
There are no Afghan civilians joining up to be terrorists and trying to push NATO out like there is in Iraq..... those who are underlings of the Taliban are even given options to drop their arms and get money for a paying job to live with their families in Afghanistan, and many are taking it up, rather then fight for the Taliban.
You guys in the US seem to lack knowlege as to what's really happening in Afghanistan..... it seems your media seems to be controlled mostly to Iraq..... just remember Afghanistan isn't what Iraq currently is.
Granted there is potiential for Afghanistan to fall like Iraq into war, but not anytime soon.
Each one of these pushed NATO has made, have so far all been successful at pushin the Taliban out and holding the areas they take..... and reconstruction can and will happen.