Monthly Archives: July 2009

Tipping-point(s)?

Posted on July 24, 2009
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News this week reveals the violent deaths of four young Afghan women separated by half the world, three in Canada allegedly at the hands of their parents and one mortally wounded by the gun of a careless Canadian soldier. In … Continue reading →

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Thanks, Jason Kenney

Posted on July 17, 2009
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From lord anthony Our Canadian diplomats have a hard enough job already without having to suffer understandably agressive retaliation to STUPID Canadian visa requirements. Here is one of our senior civil servants trying to enter Mexico. The dog is called … Continue reading →

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Jack Granatstein and Robert Smol Compare Peacekeeping and Afghanistan Courtesy cbc.ca

Posted on July 15, 2009
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Jack Granatstein is a self-proclaimed military historian who seems to think he can read the minds of Canadians.

Granatstein recently passed along the above gratuitous insult to the people of this country by purporting to explain why Canadians favour peacekeeping over war. Continue reading →

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Victory in Afghanistan: a pipedream in progress?

Posted on July 13, 2009
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Ronald Reagan did not understand the dynamics of Lebanese politics and his support for the right wing government in Beirut caused a backlash by Muslims, Druze, Syria and Iran. Continue reading →

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*جمهوری اسلامی ايران

Posted on July 12, 2009
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Britain’s PM today assured the nation that the recent upswing in body-bags from Afghanistan is making the streets of Britain safer, a horrific and egregious abuse of his political status. Perhaps Canada should brace itself for a “me-too” from Stephen Harper, unless he … Continue reading →

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