Anything else, asks us to reward incompetent planning relative to Geneva; not forcing NATO to meet its Geneva obligations; and expecting the Afghans to do what NATO has not been able to do: Provide stability.
As a recognized and respected signatory to Geneva, Canada needs to be wary of its allies' political agendas.So here is the point, as the world (including Canadian citizens!) read of the nuclear threat the US is making on Iran in the press daily (or watch it on TV) ...
The restoration of stability in Afghanistan will take time and resources; and despite the saber-rattling, it is premature for the US to credibly attack Iran.The rebuilding of Afghanistan is going to take many decades, as it did in Germany.
The problem has been, unlike Germany’s WWII, the US has not led the effort to provide security in Afghanistan, but removed the troops.
Imagine that the US won WWII, but moved combat forces out of Berlin, and marched against Russia. Patton’s dream then of using the Allied forces to confront Russian Communism was imprudent, just as BuZh's s foolish invasion of Iraq has proved to be.
Shall we go back to "logistics"?
Resource constraints must be embraced and managed, not pawned off to the occupied peoples of Afghanistan.
The US Congress and Canada Need to Engage With Russia and India
The right forum isn’t just NATO, but the UN Security Council. Indeed, the problems from Pakistan will be challenging, and this requires getting the Indians, Chinese, and Russians on board to get their support in a regional stabilization effort.
Let’s make NATO and the UN work as intended, unlike what happened during the run up to the illegal US invasion of Iraq in 2003.
Canada can provide the leadership to that will provide the focus on showing the world that NATO and the UN Security Council can provide stability for Afghanistan; and help meet its Geneva obligations as it helps the Afghans provide for security.
NATO does not hold all the cards. It is unfair, and may prove politically imprudent to expect the Afghans to pick up an incomplete deck.
Your move, Mr. Dion .... I think we can safely say Mr. Harper doesnt' have the balls to admit his mistakes or say his NATO commanders are WRONG.
So Mr. Layton may be right:
NDP leader says he sees no point in making submission to group considering future of mission
As for the people of Canada -- with these people as leaders, who needs a military foe?
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