When I read Linda McQuaig, Haroon Siddiqui or Thiomas Walkom, I'm in tune to their spin and purpose for writing. I beleive that vry few if their asserions would stand the test of a rebuttle involving good scholarship.

Suffice it to say if the Taliban and via associatio al Quada, get their hands on Pakistans nukes, the world will pay a very heavy proce.

Our politicians aren't the most reliable diseminators of the truth, just as our newspapers are as crooked as my spine-according to you.

I support the mission because I believe that failed states are an abomination to the well being of the inhabitants, and in the case of Afghanistan, this failed state was a well developed training ground for al Quida-read peter Bergen's book, the Osama bin Ladden I know.

Perhaps i could suggest another excellent read called,Fixing Failed States:A Framework for Rebuilding a Fractured World. Authors Ghani and Lockhart, both former U.N. advisers to Afghanistan, spotlight the critical problem of failed states: countries where governments have all but collapsed, basic services go unprovided and terrorism and criminality reign unchecked—or even abetted—by a corrupt and predatory state. Close to the heart of their thesis is the concept of R2P.

I doubt that a majority of Canadians ever believed that we were a nation of pacifists. And I doubt that those of us who support our role in Afghanistan, do so because we're claim proud of the fact that we are at war. Walkom's thinking is simplistic and suggestive.

This is they type of stuff that we get from Walkom and a few other Star journalists, which is one reason why this paper should be removed from Ontario's classrooms.

You have clearly lost control of your bodily functions and are making a rather large mess of what could have been an intelligent social discourse.

I disagree with our host. For the Government to take the tack: "Yeah, this was probably happening in 2006 but we fixed the problem" is still accusing our soldiers of committing war crimes in 2006. Such a position, while more politically adept perhaps, would be deeply insulting to our soldiers who served in Afghanistan in 2006 and is injurious to the morale of those serving with such distinction today. I would be shocked if the Government did not respond to Colvin's opinions or innuendo in any other way than they have.

I am aware that the NDP and many Liberals, as well as a major portion of our media, will leap at the chance to denigrate our soldiers in the effort to score cheap political points against the Conservatives, but I expect the Government to support our troops, and to stand behind them in the face of these insults to their honour because they cannot defend themselves.

How do you show your support for the troops? I asked every single Liberal M.P. how they show their support for the troops. Guess how many responses i got-zero.

The Liberals have hurt our country beyond description. The policies have left us infertile-females produce less than 1.5 children during their reproductive years- their policies have led to massive numbers of divorces, which in turn has created unacceptable numbers of single parent families, and their financial gutting of our armed forces, beginning with the Messiah, has likely resulted in the unnecessary deaths of many of our troops. And their flirtation with pacifism, contributed to the Rwandan genocide.

On the matter of the Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Act you should read it carefully:
If a superior subsequently

(i) fails to take, as soon as practicable, all necessary and reasonable measures within their power to prevent or repress the commission of the offence, or the further commission of offences under section 4 or 6, or

(ii) fails to take, as soon as practicable, all necessary and reasonable measures within their power to submit the matter to the competent authorities for investigation and prosecution.

Thats exactly what the CF did.

For generations, the natural governing party was trying to morph Canada into a nation of pacifists. This was sited in today's Toronto Star by Thomas Walkom: "Ten years ago, Canada was a country that prided itself on pacifism" Of course, the pacifism began with Trudeau the charismatic leader, who established a warm relationship with Cuba and wasn't the least concerned about Cuba's hideous track record on torture or terrorist training camps.

Many liberals are depressed by the number of Canadians who have the audacity to place a : support our troops" decal on their vehicle, or who openly support the mission.

The totrure alligation, which is old history, is something the liberals can use to undermine our troops.

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNe...

You responded to your own rant – this is precisely about our soldiers dying, being put at increasing and unnecessary risk because of the Harper Conservative government's policy on detention and transfer of Afghans captured by the Canadian armed forces.

and Fox News, who prominently featured the CRU leak on their website.

No relation to Fox's skyrocketing ratings I'm sure.

What happens when a theory that is set to reorder the world economy is severely called into question by some very damning leaks,

which subject by its very nature is of fundamental importance to all the citizenry,

is ignore in favour of highly partisan, inside the beltway, media elite pet issues?

I'll give you an answer:

the death of the media industry.

Now if you'll excuse me, I'm off to read….gulp…informative blogs to get the information I need.

I can just imagine some Eastern European kid grabbing a Canadian athlete in Vancouver and: "I used to look up to country… but now you torture prisoners. Shame on you."