Daily Archives: 1/8/2007
McKay Travels to Afghanistan
| 1/8/2007 | Posted by Patti under Afghanistan, War on Terror |
Peter McKay, our Foreign Affairs Minister is traveling in Afghanistan to have a look at the situation there both militarily and from a reconstruction standpoint. His perception is that tangible progress is being made in connecting with the population and getting beneficial projects under way to rebuild that country.
This follows on the heels of a report in the journal “Foreign Affairs” which presents an outlook that the situation in Afghanistan is teetering on the edge of civil war much like Iraq. This is a widely read journal put out by the Council on Foreign Relations which counts most past and current presidents along with secretary of states and other high level US government types among it’s contributors. Call me jaded, but I’d prefer to hear from those on the ground in Afghanistan than those using current and previous political positions to gain their soapbox.
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