Comments on: 'Fortress Kandahar' in U.S. plans

By: Pierre

Pierre — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:29:29 +0000

Well, let’s face it: Our guys, and the other guys, did the best they could with what they had.

But the Greeks, Romans, Mongols, the Caliphate, the 19th Century British, the Russians, and countless other invaders have all gone in, tried, to do whatever they wanted to do, and leave.

Time for us to do the same…. We have no business in Afghan-land, bring the boys home….

By: MILNEWSca

MILNEWSca — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 20:37:26 +0000

What Jack said….

You do the job with the tools you're given, but just because there's more help coming DOESN'T mean the Canadians failed doing the job they did with what they had at hand.

Or is this more of the "Canada should just leave because we say it's not working" meme?

By: Elizabeth Maybenot

Elizabeth Maybenot — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:36:11 +0000

If we cut and run it says we lost. Do we want to lose? Shame on those that want to hold up the white flag of France.

By: MILNEWSca

MILNEWSca — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:35:28 +0000

As Jack Mitchell said, how has Canada "failed"? You do what you can with the resources at hand the best way you can – having more boots on the ground means more can be done overall, not that something didn't work and more will fix.

By: Jack Mitchell

Jack Mitchell — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:53:43 +0000

How exactly have we "failed"? The Taliban presence around Kandahar has grown exponentially over the last 18 months, owing to their influx of new recruits. If it weren't for Canadian troops in 2006-2009, these US troops would now be deploying half way to Kabul.

By: frenchie101

frenchie101 — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:05:52 +0000

Its about time Obama! get your finger out.These men should have been over weeks ago.Nothing our men and women have done is deemed a failure