U.S. move means Canada stuck in Afghanistan

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http://www.thestar.com/News/article/182760

U.S. move means Canada stuck in Afghanistan

We have no excuse after Bush commits more troops to war

Feb 17, 2007 04:30 AM
Thomas Walkom

George W. Bush has breathed new life into the Afghan war. With his decision to send 3,500 more U.S. troops to that country, he has also made it more difficult for Canada to get out.

This is the real significance of the U.S. president's speech on Thursday. Bush also forgot to mention Canada when going through a list of nations contributing troops to the conflict. But that's irrelevant.

What's important is that the Americans are turning their attention back to Afghanistan.

That wasn't the original plan. A little over a year ago, U.S. commanders spoke of drawing down their troop strength there from what was then about 21,000 soldiers.

The idea at that time was that America would hand off Afghanistan to allies like Canada in order to focus on Iraq. To that end, the U.S. put the bulk of its troops in Afghanistan under NATO command.

But that was before the last congressional elections, when Bush still thought he had a free hand in Iraq. It was also when he thought he could still pacify that chaotic country.

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[rodeodance]

1. After 4 years, the Thing whispering into Bush's ear has decided that

gee------maybe we should try to focus on terrorists in Afgan and salvage what we can.

[Captain Hilts]

2. The Prez NEVER mentions Canada in his speeches.

The Sept. 11th speech in Congress was the most glaring case of omission.

[Lisa]

3. personally, I worry when he DOES mention us ...

It's a clear sign that he wants something.

[ohio2007]

4. Canada was left holding the Hatian UN contingent together

But the US will never show up to patrol those shithole slums