Posted by
Michael on Sunday, September 17, 2006 2:26:08 AM
Last month, I was vacationing in the Galeano Islands, a beautiful region of British Columbia. There were no computers or televisions where we were staying and I didn't feel like going to the nearby town whenever I desired to know what was going on in the outside world. To sum things up, the only real access I had to the outside world was through the local CBC radio station.
During the time I was there, Fidel Castro had handed power to his younger brother Raul, huge news in the eyes of many in the world. CBC covered it, but their coverage pailed to the coverage of what was a
deadly week for Canadian troops in Afghanistan. It was nearly all that was talked about.
While Canadian voters recently backed a political leadership that is less likely to try to "negotiate" with Islamofascists, I could tell from the coverage that there was unease with the situation in Afghanistan. One interview which was played several times had a female soldier describing Afghanistan as a "hellhole."
It seems the attacks on Canadian troops
are continuing. I don't claim to be an expert on domestic Canadian politics, but it seems there's a tactic being played by the terrorists. Hit civilians, hit local governments and hit allied forces. The terrorists have realized that Bush isn't one to back down, but they know that America's allies are not as steadfast.
The mission in Afghanistan is not over, and Afghanistan has been abandoned too many times in history to let it be abandoned once again. I hope the tactic of terror doesn't work on the people of Canada.