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Quote by: Praxius  The only reason why my support may be dropping a bit, is because it seems like there are very few other countries who see things as we do, that we are there to at least help the people now and rebuild their country, as well as pushing the Taliban out....
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This, IMHO, is the source of your disenchantment with the direction of the Canadian military operation in Afghanistan. Your troops AREN'T there to help the people and push the taliban out any more than the U.S. is in Iraq to "bring democracy" to that country. If "the people" truly wanted the taliban out, they would do the job themselves, they don't need some seemingly benevolent super power to do the job for them. East Germany, Latvia, Estonia, Romania to name a few all deposed oppressive regimes on their own, without U.S. or Canadian intervention. The Shah was deposed in Iran without air strikes or Delta Force clandestine attacks.
I freely admit that I don't know the real reasons for the U.S. occupation of Iraq, or the significant participation of Canada in Afghanistan, but I sure don't buy the "official" reasons for the current strife in either country. It's pretty much evident that bush doesn't give a shit for the welfare of the average U.S. citizen, why are we supposed to believe that he cares any more for the average Iraqi??