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A moot point is that the polls conducted by the media are effecting the outcome of the mission. I don't think it matters much that the press are asking at all. Do you really think an actual pollster would ask any easier questions of civilians in Quebec ? Actually does anybody out in Internet...

Of course people in this forum find this article horrible. However we would only be lying to ourselves if we are to say that the likes of Jack Layton and others are not effecting the mission in Afghanistan. While I support Stephen Harper it would be fair to say that he is no Sir Winston...

http://abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/07/28/1990727.htm?section=world NATO troops killed in Afghanistan Posted 5 hours 0 minutes ago NATO says three of its soldiers and an Afghan trooper have been killed along with several insurgents in Afghanistan, while a helicopter gunship made a forced...

I apologize to my fellow army.ca users. This subject would be an opinion about the article that was on CTV. Obviously I didn't write the article.If I offended anybody on this site sorry again. George Wallace I love you and thanks for pointing out the error in my ways. Tow Tripod

If all goes according to plan, Canada could begin backing away from its heavy combat role in the south of Afghanistan in about six months as the Afghan National Army matures -- something it is showing signs of doing, said Defence Minister Gordon O'Connor. O'Connor was responding to new poll...

I see a whole bunch of people lined up at the door for this task.Baggotville, Please TOW TRIPOD

100% supported. This really makes Canada a great place to live!!! God I love this country. TOW TRIPOD

Afghanistan: What's fit to print? ANTHONY WESTELL Special to Globe and Mail Update July 10, 2007 at 12:14 AM EDT Excuse me for asking rude questions, but aren't the news media, including this newspaper, making far too much of a few deaths in Afghanistan? Aren't they playing straight into the...

By PETER WORTHINGTON     These days when people such as the NDP's Jack Layton urge, in the normal course of their ideology, that Canada should quit Afghanistan, it is an acceptable political viewpoint. But when they do so the moment Canadian troops suffer casualties, and insist their...

So I wrote Mr Layton and this is the response I received. Thank you for your comments following my recent press conference on Afghanistan. I welcome the opportunity to explain the timing of the press conference and the federal NDP's position on Canada's role in Afghanistan. First, my July 4th...

CTV.ca News Staff As news of the deaths of six more Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan hit home, NDP leader Jack Layton stepped up his call to start bringing our troops home. Layton urged Prime Minister Stephen Harper to do what Canada is best known for - initiating a peace process that will...

SHRINKING SOLIDARITY IN AFGHANISTAN? Debate Flares Anew about German Military Mission By Ralf Beste, Konstantin von Hammerstein and Alexander Szandar The deaths of 21 German soldiers and a confusing chain of command in Afghanistan will have consequences for the "unlimited solidarity" former...

Reproduced under the fairdealings provisions of the copyright act: http://www.thestar.com/News/article/190052 Edited to correct typo in topic title & add source/credit: Vern

AP) A top Taliban commander said Wednesday the group has 4,000 fighters bracing to rebuff Nat's largest-ever offensive in northern Afghanistan, now in its second day. Suicide bombers are ready, land mines have been planted and helicopters will be targeted, Mullah Abdul Qassim, the top Taliban...

Bubbles, You are saying that you want to drive around in a M-113 for the next few years? I could give two **its.A M113 no matter how many up grades it has is still a piece out dated GARBAGE. I suggest you volunteer to be General Leslie's driver on Operations in a M113 (yeah right). The decision...

If I remember correctly back in 94 at least 1/2 my platoon in Croatia was militia personal.Fast forward to 2007 and for TF 1-08 and by the ***k 1/3 of the platoon will be Militia personal.So my question to all the think tanks will be is this really a news story??? I thought not!!!! TOW TRIPOD

Isn't a medics job to physically inspect dicks?. Hold on I feel a drive by George Wallace. Tow Tripod

Iam pretty sure that "Rambo" would be the only civilian security guard that worked the front gate at Phoenix. Good on him.I always wondered what his shifts were because it did not matter when I was going in there or out he was ALWAYS there. A+ for dedication!!!! TOW TRIPOD

This game is outstanding.I have been laying waste to the German Infantry Corp during the Christmas holidays. I am sure glad I bought my kid a Nintendo Wii!!!! I also like the fact that you can fight as Americans, British, Canadians and the French Resistance.It would kind of be like today just...

With Strathconas using tanks untill 2015 (CLS WORDS) the concept of the Direct Fire Team is DEAD. A few things will probally happen in the near future. 1,The entire company be posted back to 1PPCLI and still remain an army asset. 2, The company be canned and each 1st Battalion of each Regiment...