And I answered it. Quite clearly in fact. What part confused you?Originally posted by dawerks
You're not a politician. I asked you a simple question;
You just asked me two questions.Do you want the war to continue? Do YOU want to send Canadian soldiers to Afghanistan?
Do I want the war to continue?
Of course not. That's a stupid question and you're an idiot for asking it. It brings nothing constructive to the issue at hand because pulling out of Afghanistan doesn't end the war any more than carpet bombing the entire country does.
Do I want to send Canadian soldiers to Afghanistan?
Yes. This question's phrasing is also stupid. Canadian soldiers are already there, you should have asked 'Do I want Canadian soldiers to stay in Afghanistan past 2011?' in which case my answer is also yes for a reason stated in the previous post.
As a human being I think its imperative to help those who are not able to fight for themselves.You. I give you the power to answer this simple question, not as a politician or someone being clever, but as a human being.
You don't actually like rational discussion do you? The phrasing of this question changes the parameters from your previous one and is designed to illicit only one response. I can do that toWould you order a fellow Canadian to fight where the outcome has NO meaning (don't bullshit yourself, it's irrelevant what we do in Afghanistan).
Would you stand idly by while people who are unable to fight back are being oppressed?
Your stance on what is being accomplished also prevents any sort of rational discussion. Is Afghanistan in a better position than it was 10 years ago? Is it better to be an Afghani child today compared to 2000? If the answer to either is yes than the mission is not meaningless and having Canadian soldiers there is important and there's many more things beyond that can be looked at as well.
If we pull out, doesn't that mean that the Taliban's way of thinking won with arms? How do you change the way of thinking in Afghanistan without combating the Taliban anyway? The fact remains that there's plenty of examples of complete overhauls of public thought as a result of fighting and war. The French Revolution is my favourite example, so much bloodshed to completely turn European political thought and structure on its head. I'd bring up more, but I fear I may be acting too much like a politician for your liking.My answer; No. I wouldn't want any more Canadians killed in Afghanistan. The war is lost, we cannot win it. It's a war on a way of thinking. You can't defeat that with arms. There is absolutely no proof of that in human history.