Reply #19: LOL, the military website? [View All]

[Spazito]

Try this:

Thu 31 Aug 2006


Four years ago, Canadians embarked on a mission to help reconstruction efforts in war-ravaged Afghanistan, and to bring some measure of stability and security to that country’s fledgling government in Kabul.

Last fall, under the former Liberal government, Canada’s mission in Afghanistan changed dramatically, from reconstruction to fighting in the US led counter insurgency war in Kandahar and surrounding regions.

http://archive.ndp.ca/page/4119

or this:

But some critics would later allege that in quietly expanding Canada's role in the war-torn nation, the government altered radically the country's commitment to Afghanistan. The shift transformed a NATO-endorsed peace stabilization operation into a combat mission in support of a dangerous, U.S.-led war to break the back of Taliban and al-Qaeda insurgents and Afghan drug lords.

http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/observer/story.html?id=97373d9e-6a7d-4c13-b833-46659de04495