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Afghanistan: The surge arrives

by Paul Wells on Friday, November 27, 2009 3:41pm - 6 Comments

That would be the surge of talking heads staring into webcams and telling The Mark News what they think should happen next in Afghanistan. Prominent among the faces is the one belonging to Colleague Petrou. Graeme Smith, the long-serving and authoritative Kandahar man for the Globe, is on hand too, with what sounds eerily like my own recent position, except better-informed..

Tags: Afghanistan, Graeme Smith, michael petrou

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http://intensedebate.com/people/Gaunilon Gaunilon

Not a soldier among them. Talking heads is right.

kcm

And since when do soldiers set policy?

http://intensedebate.com/people/Inkless Inkless

…or receive permission from this government to discuss it in public debates? We tried to get serving soldiers for our Coyne/Wells Halifax thing. Seriously didn't get far.

http://intensedebate.com/people/Gaunilon Gaunilon

That's unfortunate.

http://toyoufromfailinghands.blogspot.com/ Mark Collins

Mr Wells,

I'm not sure how generally "authoritative" Graeme Smith really is; in January this year he…

"…
- Was almost proud of his ignorance of technical military matters…."
http://toyoufromfailinghands.blogspot.com/2009/01…

Mark
Ottawa
David B.

Paul and fellow ladies and gentlemen. Since the beginning of time the Winds of War has always been about power greed and money. Afghanistan is the longest continuous battle on earth. History reads of one failure and slaughter after another. Check the facts, Afghanistan has produced more defence spending and potential for even more in Canada in many years. If anyone believes Canada will be out of Afghanistan by 2011 or it will end body bags and draped coffins give your head a shake. Check various blogs and you will find the apple does not fall far from direct non tendered contracts prize apple orchards, in there go get em eat up raw raw words of support from a safe chair here at home.

Some day Paul you will have misfortune of investigating the suicides, broken families and sever PTSD's from this conflict and it blow your mind ( I can assure Paul it wiil bring you to tears) . When the dust settles upon retreat many if not all those brave soldiers will be left out in cold as were thousands from WW II & Korea.