tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post2881029898641178505..comments2024-03-03T17:01:57.876-05:00Comments on Montreal Simon: My Head, My Heart, and the Afghanistan AbattoirSimonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-49235752951648427162006-10-15T23:54:00.000-04:002006-10-15T23:54:00.000-04:00Hi anonymous...thanks for that.Did I really inspir...Hi anonymous...thanks for that.Did I really inspire you to start blogging? That's awesome!! The more of our voices we can get out there the better...I mean it's only our little voices but it's better than just doing nothing, and just watch our world unravel...<br /><br />Hi Walrus...OK fair point. He may have had other more altruistic motives as well. But I can't help feeling it was mostly done as a bone for the Americans,and I absolutely hated the way it was rammed through Parliament for cheap political reasons. Because so many warning signs were glowing red we should have had a longer and more considered debate...<br /><br />And hi Scott...it was a pleasure to link to you. You just said what I was thinking but did it better with far fewer words! I'm trying I'm trying.... but it's so hard :( <br />I also hope people took the time to read the Paul Workman story you linked to.It was a good one and you've got to love the part where the guy whose armoured car was hit by an IED and says "....I think I've been hit harder in hockey..." Isn't that a Canadian Classic? But if we really want to support our soldiers we owe them a really hard look at the reality of the situation. For example are we fighting a 21st Century war with 20th century tactics? Are we just taking sides in a civil war albeit one supplied and egged on by Pakistan. Is our presence there making us safer or are we just creating another terrorist breeding ground like Iraq? So many questions so few answers. But the main thing right now is to do like you do and keep asking them....Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-37501316974033481312006-10-15T23:18:00.000-04:002006-10-15T23:18:00.000-04:00Hello Simon:
Thank you for the quote. You are a ...Hello Simon:<br /><br />Thank you for the quote. You are a credit to the Canadian people that you are asking these tough questions. I have been asking myself the same questions, and I think I believe now that we should bring our men and women our the Canadian Forces home. I wrote another post where I stated that I think that the Canadian people should be proud of how our soldiers have performed, and I absolutely believe that, but it is time to bring them home.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-63147654583962650742006-10-15T22:02:00.000-04:002006-10-15T22:02:00.000-04:00"And thanks to Stephen Harper's reckless decision ..."And thanks to Stephen Harper's reckless decision to sign us up for two more years of this hell. Just to please the criminal Bush regime."<br /><br />Do you think that word "just" is really fair? Is it absolutely impossible that there was another motivation?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-11479375014622303912006-10-15T17:07:00.000-04:002006-10-15T17:07:00.000-04:00To Montreal Simon, First of all I want to say "tha...To Montreal Simon, First of all I want to say "thanks". Thanks for having taken the time to put your thoughts down. Thanks also for prompting me to try my hand at this blogging thing. Yep, this is a 1st for me and I just hope what I'm doing will allow you to know that you're not alone. I too am a proud Canadian living in la Belle Province. I too am having a tought time wrapping my mind around what's happening in Afghanistan. I do know one thing for certain and that I support our fellow Canadians who are fighting the good fight. I don't do politics. But I like to think I know right from wrong. And while our house needs a cleanup (e.g.: let's get rid of dual citizenship), it sure is better - warts and all - than what other "civilizations" have to offer. Proof's in the (immigration) pudding as they say. If I was 30 years younger, I'd trade my pencil-pushing knowledge economy desk job and try my best to dig a clean water well for the what's got to be the ultimate reward - a smile on a youngster's face that never had reason to smile till then. Je te salut mon vieux et j'espère que tu trouveras la paix.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com