Well, it's starting to happen here. With more of our soldiers dying in Afghanistan, people are starting to question Canada's role over there. This has prompted Foreign Affairs minister Peter Mackay, a Conservative MP, to remark that we need to "support the troops" by not asking why they are in a war zone and dying.
Sound familiar? I just hope this line of bullshit doesn't take on the life it did down south with American soldiers dying in Iraq. I support Canadian troops, and I was also behind going into Afghanistan, but I will NOT be cowed into submission by this falsely patriotic crap. I still can't believe people are trying to get away with the "support the troops by not asking why they're dying" nonsense. And I can't believe Peter Mackay, who I've always pegged as a fairly moderate conservative, is acting like such a friggin' Republican.
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by Tabby at 3/07/2006 09:43:00 a.m.