Daily Archives: 2/4/2008
Baby Steps — Hopefully Forwarded
| 2/4/2008 | Posted by Patti under Afghanistan, Canadian Politics, General |
CanWest is reporting today that Poland is prepared to let Canada share two of their helicopters that they have in Afghanistan. In a speech in Ottawa this morning, their foreign minister declared that Poland is unequivocal in their support for the NATO mission. Poland has 1,200 troops in southeastern Afghanistan and eight helicopters. They serve without caveats limiting where they are deployed. The foreign minister also indicated as the Polish troops are withdrawn from Iraq more contributions may be made in Afghanistan.
I read some where else on the web today that France has over 700,000 men and women in uniform. Now I’m beginning to understand why much of the spotlight is on both them and Germany to provide troops to actually take part in establishing security instead of taking up residence in less volatile areas of the country. France needs to remember that the very countries they are leaving to struggle getting the job done were the ones who liberated them 60+ years ago.
Meanwhile back on the ranch… Dion and Taliban Jack are supposed to be having a meeting today. Dion is reportedly going to urge Taliban Jack to recognize that Canada has international commitments that means we need to stay in Afghanistan and Taliban Jack is reportedly going to urge Dion to support him in pushing Canada into a cowardly exit right away. Two brick walls talking to each other, sounds like something that should be filmed for YouTube.
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