Category Archives: Canada in Afghanistan

Canada take note: There Is Hope in America

The fossilized government of Canada waffles and wrings its slimy hands over what to do about its participation in the poorly-thought-out war in Afghanistan. Continue reading

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Canada’s Future is Blurred

As a friend of mine put it recently…it’s up to ordinary Canadians themselves to undertake some seriously critical thinking. Continue reading

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The Time Has Come For the Canadian Parliament to Show Some Will

formulate a question and exercise a little democracy – ask Canadians if they want to spend 20 billion dollars on jet fighters over the next 15 years or spend the same amount on those social programmes I mentioned and debt/deficit reduction…and see what they say. Continue reading

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Liberal M.P.’s: Absent from Important Vote: Unavoidable? or Cowardice?

My hope would be that Gerrard Kennedy, Justin Trudeau and others will be taking names for the purpose of kicking some ass after the next leadership convention. Continue reading

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Afghanistan: Is It Really Vietnam Redux? And – Will They Kill Hamid Karzai?

Soldiers have families and they’ed rather be at home fighting the oil catastrophe than waiting for a roadside bomb to blow them up. Afghanistan just isn’t worth it. Continue reading

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