Then, just four days after the WikiLeaks documents were published death threats began arriving at the homes of Afghan tribal leaders. A few days later, one such leader was dragged from his home and executed. It is unknown whether his identity was exposed in the WikiLeaks documents, but according to Newsweek, his execution and the death threats "sparked a panic among many Afghans who have worked closely with coalition forces."... read the whole thing, and then let it sink in just how treasonous the CBC is, and how utterly spineless our PMO is.
As if our limp-dish-rag PMO refusing to stand up for our Afghan allies and our troops isn't insulting enough by its silence, we now have to contend with the fact that our PMO can't even manage a proper retreat:
Can Canada not even manage a retreat without a spectacular, deadly fiasco?More reading , on Canada and her friends in Afghansitan.
Our troops are to leave Afghanistan during 2011. Officially, that is everyone in uniform, leaving behind some not-very-well-defined assistance programs, but this man's odds are that by 2012 nothing will be left of Canada in Afghanistan but memories -- and some very imperilled Afghans. At the moment, it seems many are being imperilled by the very policy supposedly meant to help them.
Every military withdrawal leaves behind people who have been far too closely associated with the departing side for their own good. Saigon 1975 is the chaotic archetype. Given the past track record of this enemy and its present statements of intent, having worked with Canadians is a probable death sentence for anyone involved. That could be -- usually will be -- interpreters, but the ripples spread far wider through Afghan society than that.
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