>Karzai praises Canadian 'sacrifice'
>Date: Saturday September 23 2006
>canada.com network CanWest News Service
>MIKE BLANCHFIELD
>Saturday, September 23, 2006

Afghan president appeals to MPs
CREDIT: CHRIS WATTIE, REUTERS

MB: Afghan President Hamid Karzai pauses after laying a
wreath in front of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the
National War Memorial in Ottawa yesterday. As he lauded
Canada's recent war dead as the "greatest of their
generation,"

JCT: Patsies protecting his crooked crew of CIA opium lords
in a foreign invasion are only the "greatest victims of
their generation."

MB: Afghan President Hamid Karzai made an impassioned plea
yesterday for continued involvement in his war-torn country.

JCT: Right, the CIA needs more drug-funds for black ops.

MB: Prime Minister Stephen Harper reassured his guest that
Canada would probably remain involved in Afghanistan beyond
its current February 2009 military commitment.

JCT: Harper's so oily he'd let a whole generation die for
his political purposes.

MB: "Your service in Afghanistan is no doubt a service to
the Afghan people for our security, our livelihood, but it
is also equally a service to Canadian security and Canadian
safety and the good future of your children here, too,"
Karzai said.

JCT: Helping his occupation government keep down the
legitimate government is good for our security too?

MB:"The tragedy of Sept. 11 showed in a terrible way the
flaws of the arguments against helping Afghanistan. For one
thing, it showed that, in fact, the cost of ignoring
Afghanistan was far higher than the cost of helping it."

JCT: Keeping the patsies who fell for the "Bin Laden made
barbeques melt" hot to trot to their deaths. Repeating the
Big Lie.

MB: Karzai delivered a forceful address to a joint session
of Parliament that evoked the suffering of Afghan children
and lauded the sacrifice of Canadians in Afghanistan, while
praising Canada as "a model to the rest of us for all that
is good." It followed Harper's own strong advocacy of the
Afghanistan mission a day earlier at the United Nations. "I
know my visit comes at a time of sadness for a number of
families across Canada who have lost loved ones in my
country, Afghanistan.

"I know that this is a time when many in Canada are
pondering their country's role in Afghanistan," Karzai said,
acknowledging Monday's suicide bomb attack in the Panjwaii
district that killed four soldiers, raising the Canadian
death toll to 37.

JCT: Our role is to provide the patsies to do the dying
after an illegal invasion and occupation.

MB: "If the greatness of life is measured in deeds done for
others, then Canada's sons and daughters who have made the
ultimate sacrifice in Afghanistan stand among the greatest
of their generation."

JCT: Repetition for a reason.

MB: The first full day of the Afghan president's three-day
Canadian visit was punctuated by high emotions, from the
boisterous pro-military rally on the lawn of Parliament Hill
to Karzai's solemn visit to the National War Memorial to lay
a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

JCT: It sickens me to see the saps demonstrating their
support for our boys having it timed to turn into a
demonstration of support for the invasion. Ahem, mission,
job, role, any word but invasion.

MB: Karzai's speech did not change NDP leader Jack Layton's
position supporting a troop withdrawal. "We're clearly
involved in something that has no end in sight and that's
why we believe that a diplomatic approach - engaging, for
instance, with Pakistan - is going to be very important," he
said.

JCT: He's against it because we're losing, not because
it's wrong. If we were killing more of theirs and not losing
so many of ours, of course, he'd probably still be in favor
of catching the Taliban who did 911, just like Harper.

MB: Although conceding that "a democratic nation is not
built overnight," Karzai cited examples of progress in his
country: a doubling of per capita income to $355, six
million children in school - including more than two million
girls - and a parliament made up 28 per cent of women.

JCT: Look at the good his U.S.-installed occupation
government has done. Isn't that enough reason to fight
against the original legitimate government? No.

MB: But Karzai did not shy away from the problems still
plaguing his country, namely the reborn Taliban insurgency
in the south that led to the burnings of 150 schools and
denied 200,000 children access to education, as well as the
flourishing opium trade that has filled Afghan farm fields
with the poppy, the key ingredient for 90 per cent of the
world's heroin supply.

JCT: Who believes that it's the native Taliban burning
schools? It's probably just how it worked in Viet Nam. The
Viet Cong (native terrorists) were hitting the U.S. and
U.S.-installed puppet government forces and the American
Phoenix operation tortured and killed local political
leaders back. CIA did 40,000 right-wing murders. Just like
in Iraq, the native terrorists are hitting U.S. and U.S.-
installed puppet government forces and every night we hear
about dozens of tortured bodies showing up. They try to say
it's the Muslim Catholics hitting the Muslim Protestants
after living in civilized peace and harmony for decades so
I'd bet it's not a civil war between the Shiites and the
Sunnis but rather another Phoenix torture and kill program
against the natives trying to sucker them into a civil war.
Look, Bush's two big promises for the Iraq were democracy
and the death penalty which Satanic Saddam didn't have. Bush
may have failed to deliver on the promised democracy but he
did deliver in getting the death penalty re-instituted. I
wonder if he's going to help Karzai get it and I wonder if
any plans to unite Canada with the U.S. will entail our
having to re-introduce our death penalty too.

MB: "If we do not destroy poppies in Afghanistan, then
poppies will destroy us. I hope you will have the patience
to bear with us for that long, perhaps five to 10
years."

JCT: What a hypocrite for Karzai to bemoan poppies when he
and his CIA handlers are responsible for the problem. He
wants us to help his illegal occupation for 10 more years.

MB: Harper repeated his pledge yesterday that Canada would
not abandon Afghanistan until it was a secure country, free
of terrorists, despite the fact the current military
commitment expires in 2009 and development
assistance is pegged to 2011.

JCT: Why Afghanistan and none of the other 'stans? Harper
sounds like an occupation quisling too.

MB: He reiterated that military might alone won't bring
peace.

JCT: Nothing can bring peace while Karzai's U.S.-installed
government remains in illegitimate power.

MB: "I don't anticipate that we will leave, but I certainly
anticipate our role will evolve and change, particularly as
we achieve one of our objectives, which is to ensure that
the Afghans themselves and the Afghan forces are able to
take care of their own security."

JCT: Same story in Vietnam, same story in Iraq. Once in, no
way out. Especially with a Bush cheerleader running Canada.

MB:Karzai thanked Harper for his "steadfast" support, which
he said struck the right balance between military forces and
developmental aid,

JCT: Destroying on one hand, reconstructing on the other?

MB: and acknowledged that Afghanistan is the No. 1 recipient
of Canadian aid. Karzai also noted the support of the
previous Liberal governments of Jean Chretien and Paul
Martin.

JCT: This was an all patsy party decision.

MB: Harper also made reference to the plight of Afghan
children, saying that when he accompanied his own two
children to school recently, he reflected on the plight of
those less fortunate.

JCT: Why only Afghan children and not all needy children,
especially why not Canadian children?

MB: "I think all Canadians are thankful for the peace and
prosperity that our children enjoy almost as a birthright,
and we want to share our blessings with the children of your
country," Harper told Karzai.

JCT: Why only quisling's country? Hypocrites all.

MB: Karzai said that the recent Canadian-led NATO offensive
in southern Afghanistan came at the request of his
government and the people there, who were "sick of the
situation. So there is a demand for tougher action against
terrorism in Afghanistan."

JCT: Natives revolting against illegally-imposed occupation
governments isn't terrorism. Karzai's lying to Canada.
---

>Karzai Says Afghanistan May Need Canadian Help for 10 Years
>By Greg Quinn
>Sept. 22

GQ: (Bloomberg) -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai told
Canadian lawmakers he may need their help for the next
decade to destroy a poppy trade that's used to finance
terrorism, a broader and longer mission than Canada has
authorized.

JCT: Right in the House of Commons, Karzai lies to our
faces that drug-running is financing the Taliban when it's
really him and his CIA drug-running warlords who were being
shut down by the Taliban.

GQ: The international community must go beyond fighting
Taliban and al-Qaeda insurgents to ``symptoms,'' such as
tackling the opium trade and securing Afghanistan's borders
to keep out new insurgents, Karzai told Canada's Parliament
today.

JCT: Big job.

GQ: ``We won't succeed in eliminating terrorism unless we
see and fight the sources of terrorism, wherever they might
be, and dry its roots,'' Karzai said. ``If we don't destroy
poppies in Afghanistan, poppies will destroy us. I hope you
will have the patience to bear with us for that long,
perhaps five to 10 years.''

JCT: The hypocrisy makes me nauseous.

GQ: Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper earlier this year
won a vote in Parliament to extend a military mission by two
years into 2009. Canada has 2,500 soldiers in Afghanistan as
part of a North Atlantic Treaty Organization force fighting
Taliban and al-Qaeda there, and securing Karzai's elected
government.

JCT: Karzai's "elected" government. Bet the Taliban couldn't
run!

GQ: Canadian Defence Minister Gordon O'Connor today joined
an earlier call by the U.K. for NATO to send more troops to
Afghanistan, saying he will make his case at a meeting of
his colleagues next week in Slovenia. ``I will be
encouraging all countries in NATO to do their share in
Afghanistan because Afghanistan is the most important effort
that NATO has right now,'' O'Connor told the CTV television
network in an interview today. He also said Canada's troops
currently don't have a mandate to fight the opium trade.

JCT: NATO's most important effort is an illegal invasion.
Great.
---

>Harper Says Canada Anticipates Staying in Afghanistan
Longer
>By Greg Quinn

``I don't anticipate that we will leave but I certainly
anticipate our role will evolve and change,'' Harper, 47,
said. Karzai said Afghanistan is ``grateful'' for Canada's
help so far and would also ``welcome'' an extended mission.

JCT: Lots of blood on Harper's hands. I'd say soul but I'm
not sure he has one...

GQ: Karzai said in a speech to Canada's Parliament today
that Afghanistan may need the country's help for 10 years to
fight a fight poppy trade that finances Taliban and al-Qaeda
insurgents, a broader and longer mission than Canada has
authorized.

JCT: Lying to Parliament that poppies finance the Taliban.
Lying to our faces wit Harper pretending he believes it.

GQ: While Harper won a vote in May to extend a military
mission in Afghanistan by two years into 2009, the deaths of
20 Canadians there since June has eroded public support for
the mission.

JCT: Invasion has so many cover words: mission, role,
effort, they can never be precise.

GQ: Taliban operations in southern Afghanistan are being
funded by money generated from a bumper crop of opium in the
region, NATO and United Nations officials have said. A
record 165,000 hectares (407,700 acres) of land were under
opium cultivation in Afghanistan in 2006, a 59 percent gain
over 2005, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime said earlier
this month.

JCT: Any bets it's not the Taliban but Karzai's Crew doing
the drug-running? Remember back in the 1980s when Reagan
went on TV to accuse the Nicaraguan Sandanistas of drug-
running when it was his CIA all the time. Of course, no one
knew if the "Great communicator" knew whether his lies were
deliberate or just ignorant. But always consider the most
hypocritical thing possible and most often it turns out to
be the truth. Reagan accusing Sandanistas of drug-running,
Karzai accusing Taliban of drug-running, it's always the
same old hypocritical story.
---

>Harper addresses thousands at Parliament Hill rally to back
troops overseas
>Murray Brewster Canadian Press
>Friday, September 22, 2006

Supporters wearing red and waving placards cheer veterans as
the start off a rally to support Canadian troops, in Ottawa
Friday.(CP PHOTO/Tom Hanson)
Prime Minister Stephen Harper waves to supporters wearing red
during his speech at a rally in support Canadian troops, in
Ottawa on Friday Sept. 22, 2006. (CP PHOTO/Tom Hanson)

OTTAWA (CP) - The subdued colours of official Ottawa were
replaced Friday with blazing displays of red as thousands of
people jammed Parliament Hill in an unprecedented outpouring
of pride and tears for Canadian troops fighting in
Afghanistan. "First off all I'd like to say, wow," said Lisa
Miller, wife of a Canadian soldier, as she surveyed the
crowd of up to 10,000 from a platform at the base of the
Hill. "We never dreamed it would be this good," she said
weakly, wiping tears from her eyes. "It's heart-warming you
came together to support our soldiers."

JCT: And our soldiers supporting an occupation government?

CP: Miller and another military spouse, Karen Boire, were
the architects of a campaign to wear red on Fridays as a
show of support for the soldiers. It started in Petawawa,
Ont. - home of the Royal Canadian Regiment's 1st Battalion,
which is currently deployed overseas. The idea of a rally
took on a life of its own as local radio stations in Ottawa
- spearheaded by CFRA - pumped it up, promoting it on air.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper made an impromptu appearance,
telling the rambunctious, upbeat audience that they owe
their freedoms to soldiers just like the ones who are
fighting terrorism in Afghanistan.

JCT: Lying by implication, linking their support for the
troops to support for his illegal invasion.

CP: Throughout the lunch hour Friday - by foot, by cab and
by bus - supporters of the troops and the war in Afghanistan
streamed on to the front lawn, all wearing or carrying
something red.

JCT: Supporters of the troops and the war...

CP: There were red shirts, red ties, floppy red hats, red
jackets, even flashes of red thongs among the crowd. Both
spouses said they believe they've tapped into an unseen
reservoir of pent-up emotion that's been building as
casualties in the conflict mount and the debate over the
merits of the mission becomes more shrill. "We believe
Canadians at large have always supported our troops,
although they've not until now had a way to visually show
their support," said Boire, whose boyfriend is in uniform,
but not currently overseas. "We're humbled by the success of
this rally and the 'wear red Fridays' campaign.

We now have an understanding of just how many people
actually get it." Harper said no one - not even journalists
- should be "afraid or ashamed to defend the Canadian
military."

JCT: Who is Harper saying has attacked the military, those
of us who want to get them out of harm's way?

CP: It was an apparent reference to recent disciplinary
action taken against a Radio-Canada journalist, who publicly
spoke in favour of troops in Afghanistan.

JCT: As opposed to saying what against our troops?

CP: The war has grown increasingly unpopular among
Canadians, something military leaders - both at home and
overseas - have watched with a degree of dismay. "Your
actions here today are a tangible sign to (soldiers) that
their service is not unseen, their actions are not
unappreciated and indeed their sacrifice is appreciated
greatly," said Gen. Rick Hillier, chief of defence staff,
who stood for most of the rally beside Pte. Michael Spence,
a soldier wounded in a recent friendly-fire incident.

JCT: I don't appreciate someone dying for an unworthy cause.

CP: Although billed as a non-partisan rally, Harper used the
occasion to slip in a not-so-subtle jab at NDP Leader Jack
Layton, who has called for the withdrawal Canadian troops
from the combat portion of the mission. "Friends, I believe
you cannot say you are for our military and then not stand
behind them in the great things they do."

JCT: Killing innocent Afghans is a great thing? I wonder
what kind of military service war-maker Harper done.
---

London Free Press
Karzai given standing ovation
Sat, September 23, 2006
Afghanistan's president warns of what's at stake in
rebuilding efforts.
By KATHLEEN HARRIS, FREE PRESS PARLIAMENTARY BUREAU

While Karzai didn't name specifics, Liberal defence critic
Ujjal Dosanjh criticized the Conservative government for
neglecting the threat that emanates from neighbouring
Pakistan. "I'm not suggesting we send troops to Pakistan;
I'm suggesting we need to make sure we put pressure on
Pakistan through NATO, through the U.S., through the UN and
hold Pakistan to account," he said. The Liberals have
slammed the Tories for focusing too heavily on the military
mission, but Karzai defended Canada's contribution as well-
balanced yesterday.

JCT: Though he's not suggesting we fight Pakistan for not
being able to control their Pashtuns, it's the next logical
step in our war against the Taliban natives.
---

The Calgary Sun
Troops likely to stay past '09
Sat, September 23, 2006
By SUN MEDIA

OTTAWA -- Canadian boots will likely stay on the ground in
Afghanistan beyond 2009, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said
yesterday as thousands of red-dressed Canadians rallied on
Parliament Hill to show support for the troops.

JCT: I bet Canadians retreat before then. Maybe the Brit
bookies will fade my bet. Should be lots of patriotic action
that Captain Canuck can make it to 2009.

Harper said the current military engagement commits to 2009
and the humanitarian role until 2011, but those dates remain
open-ended and will likely extend beyond the current
mandate. "We will be over the next two years making an
assessment, and in two years we'll make recommendations on
the particulars of Canada's role in the future," he said
after meeting with Afghan President Hamid Karzai. "I don't
anticipate that we will leave, but I certainly anticipate
our role will evolve and change."

JCT: Committed to war for a years to come.

"Whenever there has been an enemy we need to stand up to,
the Canadian Forces have been there.

JCT: When has Canada had an enemy to stand up to since he's
been born? This is our first killing war. Sad he's got us on
the wrong side.

Whenever there is a nation that has needed to be rebuilt,
the Canadian Forces has been there," the PM said.

JCT: Why not the other needy nations. Hypocrisy.

"Whenever there has been a cause that is just throughout our
history, the men and women of the Canadian Forces have been
there and prepared to sacrifice.

JCT: Chasing the wrong guy is not just? It's as wrong as a
patsy can be.

"We don't start fights, my friends, but we finish them and
we never leave until our work is done."

JCT: Harper let Bush start the wrong fight and he's going
to finish it, whether we're right or wrong. Until our
invasion is done.
---

>A 'sea of red' unfolds as troop supporters crowd Parliament
Hill
>Crowds showed up on Parliament Hill dressed in red to show
support for Canadian Troops in Afghanistan. Seven-year-old
Matthew Beauchamp brought his Canadian flags.
>Photograph by : Chris Mikula, The Ottawa Citizen
>Katie Lewis and Melissa Arseniuk, CanWest News Service
>Published: Saturday, September 23, 2006

OTTAWA - A red wave of people -- supporters of Canadian
troops -- swarmed across Parliament Hill at a Friday rally,
where Prime Minister Stephen Harper pledged more support for
the military. "Let me tell you that this government is
committed to rebuilding the Armed Forces of Canada," Harper
said. "And we are overwhelmed with the support that we are
getting to to do that."

JCT: Cut day-care. Cut environmental care. Cut health care.
Cut welfare. Up war-fare.

Harper was clear to point out that Canadians who wear red in
support of the troops should also support the military
abroad, such as the mission in Afghanistan.

JCT: Supporting our troops means supporting our invasion, he
hopes. I do not agree with his logically false conclusion,
his falsehood.

"You cannot say you are for our military and then not stand
behind the things they do," said Harper.

JCT: I'm not for our military chasing the wrong guy. I hope
some in the group feel shamed for letting Harper use their
support for the boys as support for the invasion.

Other politicians, however, disagree with Harper's stance in
promoting the Afghan mission. New Democrat MP Paul Dewar was
also on the Hill Friday, dressed in a red shirt and a tie
decorated with red Maple Leafs. "I was happy to be showing
my support," he said. "And I wanted to make sure that it's
understood by the people in our country that it's OK to
disagree. The NDP have disagreed with the mission in
(southern Afghanistan), but we can also say that we support
the men and women out there risking their live son the front
lines."

JCT: I didn't know the NDP had disagreed with the mission. I
thought they disagreed with losing it.

The Red Fridays movement -- launched in April by two
partners of soldiers stationed at Canadian Forces Base
Petawawa, near Ottawa -- has gained momentum across the
country in recent weeks. The House of Commons Speaker's
office even ruled this week that Commons employees -- who
usually follow strict dress codes -- would be permitted to
show support for the troops by wearing red ribbons on
Fridays. And if co-founders Karen Boire and Lisa Miller get
their way, all Canadians will be taking part soon. "I'd love
to hear that they're doing (Red Fridays) in every province,"
Boire said following Friday's rally. Miller added: "Red
Fridays are ways for Canadians to show support and pride for
our military." The pair recently compiled a scrapbook of Red
Fridays photos for troops in Afghanistan. Miller said she
was told the book brought smiles to soldiers' faces. "They
were very excited to see the book and see the support."

JCT: What useless stuff.
---

>Karzai goes straight to doubters of Afghanistan mission
>Prime Minister Stephen Harper (right) and Hamid Karzai,
President of Afghanistan, in the House of Commons following
an address to Parliament by President Karzai on Parliament
Hill in Ottawa Friday.
>Photograph by : CP PHOTO/Jonathan Hayward
>Mike Blanchfield, CanWest News Service
>Published: Saturday, September 23, 2006

MB: OTTAWA - Call it vintage Hamid Karzai, a carefully aged
blend of humble thanks for all the world has done for his
country mixed with a desperate plea to do even more. It is a
combination that Afghanistan's charismatic president has
honed in numerous international settings,

JCT: A charismatic quisling Karzai?

MB: whether it is big summits, or bilateral visits such as
Friday's address to a joint session of the House of Commons.
And on Friday it was delivered with the perfect balance of
solemnity and humour, all of it topped with a dashing style
of flowing green robes, black karacul hat and piercing dark
eyes.

JCT: Makes sacrificing our kids in an illegal invasion
all worthwhile.

MB: Each time he ventures into an international forum,
Karzai must balance two competing imperatives: show
gratitude for every grain of help his once forgotten country
is receiving, while never letting anyone forget it needs so
much more to turn the corner. That's because in the years
following the Taliban's ouster and his installation as
interim leader, then elected president,

JCT: I think the original installation rankles more than the
election that the native Taliban weren't allowed to
participate in. But it serves to legitimize Karzai in the
minds of the weak-minded.

MB: the world was slow to meet its spending pledges to
reconstruct Afghanistan and prevent it from ever becoming a
pariah state and a haven for terrorism.

JCT: For the terrorists who didn't do 911?

MB: In Canada, the challenge was different: Canada has made
Afghanistan it's number one recipient of development
assistance and also has a healthy military presence with
2,500 troops. But with polls showing Canadians divided on
whether the ultimate sacrifice of their 36 soldiers and one
diplomat is too high, Karzai had a different challenge, one
he met head on, from the moment he began his address to the
joint Houses of Parliament by aiming his remarks at the
families who have lost loved ones "in my country,
Afghanistan.'' Karzai had to convince Canada not to give up
on his country the way the world did at the end of the Cold
War.
"The miseries of the Afghan people,'' he said, began in 1979
with the Soviet invasion, a 10-year occupation that killed
one million Afghans, disabled another one million, and sent
more than one quarter of its population -- today roughly the
same as Canada -- fleeing to foreign lands.
"Whereas Afghans had fought and won the world's war against
Communism, the reward that Afghanistan received was
abandonment by the international community.''
The rest, as he said, was history.

JCT: A history he won't explain. The Taliban became the
government, they had piece even if their women still wore
burkas. Then Nato invaded to chase the perpetrators of 911
and free women from their burkas. The invaders installed an
oil executive Kar

The country became a haven for extremists and terrorists,
the ones who plotted and carried out 9/11. "They chose to
kill the Afghan people for so long, and then they said,
`well, now it's time to go to New York.' And they did reach
you in New York,'' he said referring to the deaths of 24
Canadians in the Twin Towers.

JCT: What tripe. I've ready the Taliban are particularly
careful not to kill any of their people. Saying they killed
their people for so long then turned their attention to New
York is out and out bald-faced lying.

MB:He said he wants Canada's multicultural values to take
hold one day in Afghanistan. "When I address the Afghan
people, I do exactly as you did today, Mr. Prime Minister. I
switch from one language to another -- like that,'' he said,
snapping his fingers and drawing a laugh. He kept them
smiling when he described his new national anthem, one that
managed to mention all 14 ethnic groups in his country. "It
is a beautiful song. It is not that long. It only takes a
minute,'' he said, sparking more chuckles. Karzai clearly
revels in the attention he receives internationally and for
good reason -- he is a virtual prisoner in his presidential
palace in Kabul these days; he is man with price on his head
surrounded by American bodyguards determined to keep alive.

JCT: Like all quisling occupation governments...

"The first task of a leader is to keep hope alive,'' House
Speaker Peter Milliken told Karzai after his address, "and I
have no doubt that at times it is a very difficult and
indeed lonely task, but you are not alone, as I hope you
know.'' Milliken said he was aware that Karzai is a lover of
great poetry so he decided to recite a few verses of one of
the president's favorite poems, Robert Frost's "Stopping By
Woods on a Snowy Evening.'' "I think it gives us some
insight into your own hopes for your country, your own
realization that fulfillment is not always easily achieved,
but the hope must be kept alive in you and the Afghan people
and the friends of Afghanistan,'' Milliken said. "The woods
are lovely, dark and deep. But I have promises to keep. And
miles to go before I sleep. And miles to go before I
sleep,'' Milliken read as Karzai beamed a broad smile back
up at him.

JCT: How sweet. Karzai lies to us and we have promises to
keep.

MB: Clearly moved, Karzai said later he would cherish the
memory of his address to Canada's Parliament. "I will go
back to Afghanistan with this tremendous feeling of the
Afghan people not being alone,'' Karzai said, "of the Afghan
people having friends in Canada and that reassurance is one
more addition to the confidence that we have in Afghanistan
for a better tomorrow.'' Ottawa Citizen

JCT: The Afghan people, not Karzai's U.S.-installed
occupation government.
---

Karzai rejects NDP call to bring troops home
Mike Blanchfield, CanWest News Service
Published: Saturday, September 23, 2006 Article tools

"The tragedy of Sept. 11 showed in a terrible way the flaws
of the arguments against helping Afghanistan. For one thing,
it showed that, in fact, the cost of ignoring Afghanistan
was far higher than the cost of helping it.''

JCT: Only if you accept we're chasing the guys who did 911.
If not, then we're nothing more than patsy invaders.

MB: "We're clearly involved in something that has no end in
sight and that's why we believe that a diplomatic approach -
- engaging, for instance, with Pakistan -- is going to be
very important,'' he said.

JCT: Right, no end in sight. Canada's in and Harper says
there is now no out.


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