The Right War - For Now (National Post - 06 Sept 06)

[Teflon]

Here's a good argument to use on the "nay sayers" from Lorne Gunter in today's National Post:

http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/news/issuesideas/story.html?id=720744f6-1f37-48e7-b815-52ff96d2b6d2&p=2

The right war - for now 

  Lorne Gunter, National Post
Published: Wednesday, September 06, 2006

And it still is, at least for now.

The second solid reason for us to have troops there, fighting, is that al-Qaeda still remains a threat to the West, and, yes, even to Canada. Al-Qaeda may have less clout than it did before 9/11, but it still had its fingerprints on bombings in Bali, Madrid, Mogadishu and last summer in London. And it is implicated in last month's scheme to blow up 10 airliners over the Atlantic.

Al-Qaeda remains very dangerous. And if we are not fighting them in Afghanistan, they almost certainly will be attacking us here.

Moreover, if the Taliban are permitted to regain control over even part of Afghanistan, there can be no doubt they will invite al-Qaeda back in to begin training and plotting again.

So while it is difficult to see Canadian soldiers killed in Afghanistan, they are there fighting in the right cause -- at least until al Qaeda and the Taliban are subdued.

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© National Post 2006

 

[Jay4th]

Strong, simple and to the point.  Put that man in parliament.

 

[sm0ke]

http://www.torontosun.com/News/Columnists/Goldstein_Lorrie/2006/09/06/1806205.html

Thought this was pretty well written

 

[Trinity]

If we lose 30, 60  , 100 soldiers in this war but we're stopping them...

if we didn't.. one airplane is how many people, 300 plus?

Better we take it to them, now, on our terms then they take it
to us (and to our civilians)

 

[Haggis]

If we lose 30, 60  , 100 soldiers in this war but we're stopping them...

If we stay, the cynics (read "left wing") will say we lost them because of our "action" towards the enemy.

if we didn't.. one airplane is how many people, 300 plus?

If we leave, the cynics will say we lost them because of our "inaction" towards the enemy.

Better we take it to them, now, on our terms then they take it to us (and to our civilians)

I'd rather we lose little in an "away game" than lose big on our home field.

Jack... are you reading this??  Jack!!??