Well another positive is that a good % of our troops are currently training the Afghan Army and doing a lot of joint operations with them, much like the US in Iraq..... also we have some of our RCMP (Ryoal Canadian Mounted Police: AKA - Mounties) which are kinda a slight level up from local police forces..... anywho, they're training the Afghan Police.... Places that have been taken control of by NATO and secured, checkpoints, police departments, schools, and gradually government positions.... there are Canadian funds going over to civilians who wish to start businesses.... I think... a.... let me remember...
frig... like a trust fund thing.....
Canada’s New Government substantially boosts support to development efforts in Afghanistan
^ It's from the Conservatives site, so it's of course biased towards them... but the information is true for the amount of money going directly to the country.... of course how much of that is skimmed from their government much like what's happening in Iraq, remains to be accuratly seen.
Our troops were intensly trained on public relations with the locals, and there's a lot of the ol'skool WWII trading goods, like toys, rations, tools, helping build homes destroyed in battles, etc.... they try hard to give them a face to those who are there, and to let them know that they're not there to occupy, but to push out the enemy, reconstruct their homes and let them live their lives.....
The % of Canadians opposed to the war in Af. has also been studied and most really are not aware of what's really going on over there.... for some reason, it's like a clouded mystery.... somewhat like how little is reported in the US... perhaps they watch more US news then Canadian, or none at all....
And don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to spout any propaganda or the sort.... for once something is actually working..... sometimes it's hard to believe, lol.