First, let’s get the ubiquitous left-wing surrender-monkey white flag talking points festival out of the way: surrender to the Taliban and al-Qaeda! The CTV.ca article helps us:
…The NDP leader also repeated his promise to immediately withdraw Canadian troops from Afghanistan if his party wins the election.
Check.
Then he explains why: see, we’re facing a tough battle, and we’re Canadian. So, ipso facto, SURRENDER! Better Sharia and Dhimmi than dead! Stand up for Canada… by running away like little girls. It’s a “Canadian Value”. To wit:
“We’ve seen soldiers’ deaths up, civilian deaths up, (opium) poppy production up, corruption is up. More of the country is too dangerous now to even provide aid or development,” he said.
So put down your guns! They should be banned! It’s too dangerous to win against the Islamofascists. So we better lose. We’re “progressive”. “Canadian Value.” Bush. (…Layton attacked the Tories, saying the party was taking Canada down the “wrong path” with policies that mirror those of U.S. President George Bush…)
Check.
Now you’re thinkin’ like a liberal.
Then he seemed to have another brain fart. No, not a “gaffe”. A brain fart. From all the talk in the media about “gaffes”, I think it’s better to have a brain fart, greenhouse gasses notwithstanding.
“Let’s use the instruments of the UN that we created to reduce conflict, let’s have a co-ordinated and comprehensive approach.”
Um, because we don’t already. His sacred United Nations hasn’t failed miserably enough yet, perhaps.
Apparently these UN agencies aren’t enough, even though they include some of his favorites: abortion and condom-use UN agencies, and two (TWO!) man-made global warming UN agencies, and bureaucracy agencies, and 87 others. In Afghanistan.
UN agencies in Afghanistan
* UNDP (United Nations Development Program)
* UNAMA (United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan)
* UNCC (United Nations Compensation Commission)
* UNCCD (United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification)
* UN-HABITAT (United Nations Centre for Human Settlements)
* UNCSD (United Nations Common Supplier Database)
* UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development)
* UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme)
* UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization)
* UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change)
* UNFPA (United Nations Population Fund for Afghanistan)
* UNHCR (United Nations High Commission for Refugees)
* UNICEF (United Nations Children’s Fund)
* UN ICT TF (United Nations Information and Communication Technologies Taskorce)
* UNIDO (United Nations Industrial Development Organization)
* UNIFEM (United Nations Development Fund for Women)
* UNJLC (United Nations Joint Logistics Center)
* UNODC (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime)
* UNOPS (UN Office for Project Services)
And maybe Mr. Layton needs to brush up on his knowledge of the facts on the ground. The Afghanistan Mission is a U.N. mission as much as it is a “neo-con” mission, General Jack. So sorry.
On 20 March 2008, the United Nations Security Council, in its resolution 1806 (2008) extended the mandate of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) for one year, until 23 March 2009. UNAMA’s overall function is to promote peace and stability in Afghanistan by leading efforts of the international community in conjunction with the Government of Afghanistan in rebuilding the country and strengthening the foundations of peace and constitutional democracy.
While the Security Council decided that the UNAMA mandate remains as defined by previous resolutions, 1662 (2006) and 1746 (2007), the resolution spelled out that UNAMA and its new Special Representative of the Secretary-General (Kai Eide of Norway), will lead civilian efforts to:
:: Promote more coherent support by the international community to the Afghan Government;
:: Strengthen cooperation with the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF);
:: Provide political outreach through a strengthened and expanded presence throughout the country;
:: Provide good offices in support of Afghan-led reconciliation programmes;
:: Support efforts to improve governance and the rule of law and to combat corruption;
:: Play a central coordinating role to facilitate the delivery of humanitarian aid;
:: Monitor the human rights situation of civilians and coordinate human rights protection;
:: Support the electoral process through the Afghan Independent Electoral Commission;
:: Support regional cooperation in working for a more stable and prosperous Afghanistan.
Maybe Mr. Layton either doesn’t know about, or perhaps thinks things should be beefed up in a sort of “surge” of surrender-monkey bureaucracy and a Layton-led “surge” of chats over tea and buns.
UN Security Council Resolutions
* Resolution 8 (1946) of 29 August – admission as Member of United Nations.
* Resolution 622 (1988) of 31 October – authorizes UNGOMAP deployment.
* Resolution 647 (1990) of 11 January – extends UNGOMAP for a final two months.
* Resolution 1076 (1996) of 22 October [16] – calls for an end to hostilities, outside interference and supply of arms to the parties to the conflict; denounces discrimination against women and girls in Afghanistan.
* Resolution 1193 (1998) of 28 August [17] – demands an end to hostilities and an investigation into the killing of two UN staff members and the military adviser to the UN Special Mission to Afghanistan.
* Resolution 1214 (1998) of 8 December [18] – repeats demands of resolution 1193 and reaffirms support for the United Nations Special Mission to Afghanistan.
* Resolution 1267 (1999) of 15 October [19] – demands the Taliban turn over Usama bin Laden, forbids aircraft to take-of or land in Taliban-controlled territory without approval and freezes assets of the Taliban.
* Resolution 1333 (2000) of 19 December [20] – repeats demand that the Taliban turn over bin Laden and imposes further measures on their territory pending concurrence with the demand.
* Resolution 1363 (2001) of 30 July [21] – establishes a monitoring mechanism for the measures imposed under the previous two resolutions.
* Resolution 1386 (2001) of 20 December [22] – authorizes the deployment for six months of an International Security Force For Afghanistan.
…etc.
I think quite clearly they need a child care (and “early learning” —wink!) program.
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