Are you criticizing the military or the government policies?
The ongoing debate between Canada’s role in Afghanistan is one of the hot issues in this country, and the opinions vary quite a bit. Many, led by the Liberal Government, feel that Canada’s role in Afghanistan has gone beyond that of peacekeeping and that we should pull out. Others, led by the Conservative government, are quick to assert that Canadian troops do belong there to quell the militants of the opposite side of the Axis.
I’m not writing this article to debate whether our role in Canada is right or not, but I’d like to point out what we should and should not be criticizing. Recently an anti-war group in Ontario wrote letters encouraging soldiers to NOT join the mission in Afghanistan, but instead, desert the military before they end up in Afghanistan. Other critics are blatantly criticizing the military itself for its actions in which Afghanistan civilians are killed.
Soldiers are meant to obey. They are trained to obey. People who are well educated and well opinionated do not belong in the army, and will not join an army unless drafted upon because they cannot handle the idea of being in action killing people without completely agreeing to the mission themselves. They will question the authority, and question the motive of their missions, hence reducing their capacity as a well-equipped, finely-tuned combat machine.
Do not criticize the soldiers. They are not the ones you should be criticizing when you are against the war in Afghanistan, but you should be criticizing the government, including Stephen Harper and O’Connor. The soldiers are not the ones to make the decisions on where to fight. They simply do as they are told, with the utmost belief that they are serving their country. They are courageous, self-less, and they endure many risks and loss of lives to accomplish what they feel is right.
Regardless of whether you are against the mission or not, sending letters to soldiers and their families and criticizing the military personel is a stupid, misguided act. By sending those letters they spat on the faces of soldiers, who, regardless of politics, are willing to put their lives at risk for what they believe is right.
If you have a problem with the war in Afghanistan, write letters to the Conservative MPs, or to Stephen Harper, or O’Connor, the Minister of Defense. Don’t write to the soldiers. They are doing what they feel is the best, regardless of how un-opinionated or brainwashed they may be. They genuinly feel that they are doing this for their nation, and for you, and are brave beings.
how about start your own blog and use the power of thousands to make yourself heard?
bahh….politics…
I don’t understand, do people actually write to soldiers saying they are doing a bad job?
Not necessarily, but there was this anti-war group who wrote letters to the soldiers and their families, encouraging them to desert the military as it is an evil mission.. the soldiers and their families did nto take it too well, obviously.
Me I am criticizing everyone , discussing the subject …
First it’s not a WAR its marked as an armed conflict , probably the biggest problem on its own , the difference is huge. In terms of personnel , equipment , commitment and financing.
War are between country , armed conflict is between two side who want none of it of the other side. We are not at war with Afghanistan witch is another problem in itself.
We are asking a place that as never known peace in over 3000 years to be at peace. We put the people who live there in charge too , Its like asking a kid who eat too much candy and is fat and as health problem because of it to watch the candy store and put him in charge.
We also follow the lead of the US , who change there minds about the goals and commitment and mission in Afghanistan everyday. Another BIG problem for CANADA.
What needs to be done in order to win is declare war on Afghanistan and conquer the entire Country , you make it a no fly zone , a no travel zone , a no armed carrying zone , a no business without government permission , a totally controlled zone. Period.
You put CANADA flag on top of it for 50 years and you consider its citizen like slaves with zero absolutely no rights. ( within boundaries , not like slave of old Rome. )
You make military service mandatory of all citizen between the age of 16 and 55 , they are all reservist and soldiers , trained for it and who called upon answer and go to fight the country enemy.
You then rebuild the agriculture sector to feed people , you do city planning and build cities with the slaves , you destroy village and city entirely so that there is no reminder of the past , meaning old feuds are squashed and territory are completely changed and renamed. You build roads and infrastructure using the slaves and there money.
You take huge 75% taxes on all citizen for the first 10 years minimum to pay tribute and for Building CANADA army there , Tank , Planes , aircraft carrier and submarines. Before you start whining about taxes when at war 200% of our taxes and effort goes toward the war effort and its only 5% more then what the best on record country in the world pay for country taxes , but they get more services for it too.
You give them Health care like in CANADA and force school on every slave.
You fingerprint all Afghani , you take there picture and make an ID card , you have them all wear a WIFI locating bracelet .
You kick out of country ( NOT TO CANADA ) every individual who are known problem maker , no prison in Afghanistan , murderer are shot after a trial to find guilt as been done , you make a full secure border.
So you have ROI ( return on investment ) by having a slave workforce , a rebuilt armed force equipment on the cheap , you squash the problem and you change and educate the value of people who have none , and you make a huge profit from it by creating a country that serve CANADA needs for 50 years.
In 50 years you then ask the educated people who live there and who are all civilized and educated to take charge of there Country or you name it a province of CANADA.
Problem done , solved and profitable and acceptable in my view.
That’s a working plan that serve CANADA interest fully.
Any other plan don’t work for me , sorry , I don’t want to pay for Afghanistan safety or training them or anything , I want my money spent on ROI for me , in Health care in CANADA , in education in CANADA , in infrastructure in CANADA. They have as many people in there country as we do in CANADA. Why do we need to waste OUR money , time and resource on them ? If its not highly profitable for CANADA and CANADIANS ?
To answer your question : “Are you criticizing the military or the government policies?”
Its Both. And I add you in the mix.
BTW , There is a good way to change the view of people who send letters to the troop , you put them in a plane and send them there and ask them to do rebuilding work in Afghanistan for peace for a month , if they survive they have an understanding that there is no dealing with the nut job there and that they are the one declaring war on us.
You mess with CANADA , you get conquered and we make a hight profit of you and slaves out of you. Should be our only strategy.
After 20 years we have 15 million Slave troop ready to be sent on UN mission , then we can deal with any Conflict problem on the planet … Without having to spend money on the problem or send real CANADIAN to die.