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Originally Posted by directfiesta
Tell me what the fuck are WE doing in Afghanistan .... Why are Canadians dying ?
Simple questions.
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Simple answers: Canada went into Afghanistan along with US coalition forces whose purpose was to oust the Taliban. That was for the most part accomplished back then, at which time Canadian forces stayed on in their usual role as a peacekeeping force. That was our original mandate.
Of course since then Iraq has been invaded, the focus of the US military is mostly there, and the Taliban have rallied and are fighting back. Which means a lot of deaths and injuries to our soldiers over there.
I think the peacekeeping mandate is just and correct, we aren't there to "tell anyone how to live" or anything, we're there to keep the peace while that country has a chance to rebuild itself, just as we've done in several other countries around the world.