JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: CANADA’S MISSION IS FAILING IN AFGHANISTAN

JOHN CHUCKMAN

 

POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY JEFFREY SIMPSON IN TORONTO’S GLOBE AND MAIL

I don’t know what else was ever expected.

Of course, the truth is nothing was legitimately expected because this entire enterprise showed no genuine planning or forethought.

The original American invasion was stupid and pointless, pure vengeance with no clear purpose.

The Taleban were not responsible for 9/11, but the U.S. was thirsting for blood and so the country had to be invaded.

Since then they’ve killed thousands and thousands of innocent people and bombed the crap out of this poor country, all while claiming they are improving it.

They’ve committed war crimes, including complicity in the savage killing of several thousand prisoners.

Our joining in on the basis of “owing one to the Pentagon” could result only in the costly, pointless operation in which we are now engaged.

Yes, the odd poll says people are glad for us, but all that means is that in such a poor, backward country people are glad to get whatever they can free from foreign soldiers.

Also polls cannot possibly reflect the population there since no one is going to poll the Taleban or many remote villages.