Tom Young

The idea that we’re going to stop fighting against the Taliban on a certain date in 2011 has to be the absolute dumbest idea I’ve ever heard.

Okay, so here’s the little Taliban commander sitting in his tent with a bunch of the boys just counting down the days…

“…It’s only three more days, It’s only two more days, It’s only one more day… Okay guys, we’ve haven’t done any fighting for the last thirty days –  but tomorrow it’s out of the tents and on the offensive!”

Ask any person of any rank who’s ever served in the Canadian Military if they’ve heard of anything like putting an “expiry date” on a war, and make no mistake — it is a war.

So we’re going to move out of Kandahar?  Where are we going to go and what are we going to do?  We keep hearing about these “brand new used tanks” we’re getting from the Germans.  Some of these tanks won’t be ready for at least a year, so maybe what we can do is advertise used German-Canadian tanks for sale!

What kind of a deal might we get?

This decision has absolutely nothing to do with what’s going on in Afghanistan, it’s a political decision made by a desperate Prime Minister who appears ready to sell his soul to keep his throne.  A month ago, the war in Afghanistan and our involvement in it was the hottest political issue of the day, with some even suggesting we may have a “one issue election,” — but no more!

“Steve The Deal-Maker” has trumped “Stéphane The Waffler” one more time to save his political ass. 

Next week, the issue will be given a pre-planned debate on the floor of the House of Commons, the New Democrats and the separatist Bloc Party will vote to bring the troops home, while the Conservative Liberals and the Liberal Conservatives will vote to leave them there…

It seems to me I saw a movie about this one time starring Jim Carey and Jeff Daniels.  I think it was called — “Dumb and Dumber?” 

This decision is Canadian politics at it’s worst.

I’m Tom Young.

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