Manley Report committee member Pamela Wallin also had some good words to say in her statement at the start of the news conference.
Here’s my transcript from my recording:
[Picking it up several words in]
… We are in Afghanistan because we CHOSE to be there. We, like our allies, responded to the attacks of 9/11. We lost citizens too. But the Taliban and al-Qaeda continue to pose a threat to us here, and there, and they try to undermine what we believe in and what we stand for.
Yes we are putting our troops in harm’s way. WE ARE AT WAR. This is not some simple peacekeeping operation reminiscent of a simpler, easier time. But our men and women are there willingly, and enthusiastically, and they take pride not only in their military operations, but also in the faces of the young girls—once shrouded—who now proudly sit in school and write their names with pencils provided by our aid dollars.
Success for Afghans and for us is stability, and a sense of hope. THAT IS OUR EXIT STRATEGY. It will take time, but we forfeit our leverage to succeed if we threaten to LEAVE with every roadside bomb or mortar round.
Our sacrifice has been very real, precious lives lost, hearts broken, but this is urgent, and important.
In Afghanistan, we are there because we have a moral obligation, there is a security imperative, and a monumental humanitarian need.
Our work there I think rekindles our proud tradition of being participants—and not just observers—on the world stage.
Manley Report Coverage at PTBC up to now:
• Manley: “…not that I would ever be critical of the media…”. Well therein lays problem #97.
• Manley Report’s Pamela Wallin also had good words
• Manley report’s Paul Tellier speaks to lack of balance in reporting the Afghanistan mission
• John Manley’s strong, good words: seemingly plays against Team Dion’s Modern Liberal Party stance
• Post-Manley report: Dion looks, sounds embarrassed, sheepish, and defeated
• Know the enemy: Stephane Dion lies—says Canada’s “tradition” is to train folks, pile bricks
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