XPost: can.politics, us.politics   
   From: rdr@yahoo.com   
      
   Sanders Kaufman wrote   
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   > "RDR"  wrote in message   
   > news:MPG.241c7bcb921d17af9896ff@News.Individual.NET...   
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   > > I think that we've done our business there.  More than many.   
   > >   
   > > It's time for our forces to stand back.   I have no issues with our   
   > > involvement, but combat must end.   
   >   
   > That's what makes it so Vietnam-like.   
   > There's no end game; no exit strategy' no goal.   
   > The mission is simply to fight.   
   >   
      
   Well Sanders, Canada has been there too long.   Meanwhile, the Germans,   
   the Italians and others are based in camps in the North, away from   
   Pakistan, where most people disliked the Taliban anyway.  Their forces   
   aren't even allowed to patrol at night outside of the fence.   
      
   Then there's Canada, we're in a hot zone, in mortal combat and our kids   
   are doing a stand up job.   But we've been there for too long.   
      
   It's time that we digressed and started to train Afghani forces, the   
   RCMP will train their police (RCMP's are paramilitary and have served in   
   many wars).   That should be our role.   We've carried the weight for   
   too long.  It's time for others to take up the fight.   
      
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