Yes It Is Escalation

"The deployment of the Leopard Tanks and the mobilization of the Vandoos is an escalation of Canada's mission in Afghanistan. Even those in the Pro-War camp have come to this conclusion. As The Amazing Wonderdog writes:"

Negotiating With The Taliban

"The Conservatives and their Blogging Tories echo chamber claim that Jack Layton and the NDP want to negotiate with the Taliban. Wrong. Unfortunately for Mr. Harper it is his NATO allies who want to negotiate with the Taliban. Now who is being unrealistic."

Afghanistan How Our Mission Changed

"Those who say our current military mission in Afghanistan is the same 'old misson' prior to December 2005 are guilty of using misdirection to put it politely. Otherwise given their deliberate obfustication of the issue we can consider them liars. NATO made request for...

Schools In Afghanistan

" Save the Children: 43 million kids in war zones have no access to education Afghanistan, most qualified teachers fled the conflict. Now fewer than 15% of teachers hold professional qualifications."

Conservative Leader Blasts Bush

"and Blair....and it ain't Bush's handpuppet Stephen Harper. Nope its the Leader of the British Conservative Party; Duncan Cameron."

Lies the White House Tells

"Afghan war will be won, Rice says If wishes were horses beggars would ride as my mother says. The reality is that Afghanistan is NATO's quagmire with no end in sight. No plausible victory except in the teeny tiny minds of right wing warmongers."

The War For Women's Rights

I was going to entitled this the Feminist War in Afghanistan but there are no real feminists fighting nor is this fight really about feminism, rather this is a patriarchcial war using womens rights as an excuse. By definition war is the domain of men in particular...

Afghan Woman Speaks Out

Ok can we now drop all the platitudes about how we are fighting for women and girls in Afghanistan.Canadian troops making things worse: Afghan legislator