Our Defence Minister says that we don’t have enough troops to send to Darfur what with the fighting of terrorists in Afghanistan. Well that’ll tell those terrorists a thing or two about who’s boss! I hope they don’t get any ideas! And I bet they won’t!
Who’s fault is this lack of personnel thing I wonder? From my reading of all the stories about this issue in the media, it’s apparently “nobody’s fault”. Again: that’s “nobody’s fault”. We should learn nothing from this if I understand correctly.
And if a major world crisis breaks out today, Canada will have no option but to say “oh well”. Again: that’s “oh well”. And hey whadyaknow, there is at least one crisis besides Afghanistan right now and there might even be more to come down the road. Oh well. Let them die. What the hell. We saved a bundle of cash for increased social program spending, various forms of national welfare, the all-important state-run media (including its “Passionate Eye” program!), and a surplus for re-election purposes. And we can always defend our national security and our national interests and dispose of our global responsibilities with a good stern tongue wag from Jack Layton and his psychobabblists.
Sending troops to Darfur could be an option, says Harper
By The Canadian Press
Prime Minister Stephen Harper says Canada might send troops to the troubled Darfur region of Sudan despite insistence by his defence minister that the mission in Afghanistan precludes significant commitments elsewhere in the world.
“This government stands ready and is in consultation with our friends in the international community to do whatever is necessary to advance the peace process in Darfur,” Harper said Wednesday in the House of Commons.
“If that involves sending troops, that will be an option that we consider.”
Politicians from all parties have urged the government to take a lead role in preventing further bloodshed in Darfur, where 100 Canadian soldiers are already serving as advisers to a force of about 7,000 African Union troops.
But Defence Minister Gordon O’Connor told a Senate committee on Monday that the Canadian army doesn’t have enough soldiers to deploy to Darfur—where some have called the crisis a genocide—while still keeping its commitment to Afghanistan.
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Whatever we do, let’s not learn anything from this.
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