http://www.sandyofftopic.com/2006/09/not-so-friendly-after-all/ Mid-40's feminist engineer talks about everything not about BPM Sat, 22 Nov 2008 04:40:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://www.sandyofftopic.com/2006/09/not-so-friendly-after-all/#comment-170 Off Topic :: Getting Canada out of Afghanistan Mon, 30 Oct 2006 15:17:48 +0000 http://www.sandyofftopic.com/2006/09/not-so-friendly-after-all/#comment-170 [...] As I pointed out a while back, a huge percentage of Canadian troop deaths in Afghanistan are being caused by American “not-so-friendly” fire, which is a bit ironic considering that we’re only in Afghanistan in order to pander to the Americans — they’re kinda busy in Iraq, so want us to fight some of their other battles. For decades, Canadians have held a peacekeeper role in conflicts abroad, a position that I fully support. Being part of a fighting force in a conflict that we should not be involved with, however, is not something that I can support. [...] [...] As I pointed out a while back, a huge percentage of Canadian troop deaths in Afghanistan are being caused by American “not-so-friendly” fire, which is a bit ironic considering that we’re only in Afghanistan in order to pander to the Americans — they’re kinda busy in Iraq, so want us to fight some of their other battles. For decades, Canadians have held a peacekeeper role in conflicts abroad, a position that I fully support. Being part of a fighting force in a conflict that we should not be involved with, however, is not something that I can support. [...]

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