tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25624602.post115609819082023331..comments2024-03-15T00:12:57.489-07:00Comments on Covenant Zone: Blood and Treasure, and Home Moviestruepeershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16401984575637492845noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25624602.post-1156102272803261752006-08-20T12:31:00.000-07:002006-08-20T12:31:00.000-07:00Actually the MAWO press release becomes much more ...Actually the MAWO press release becomes much more interesting after a judicious amount of honest editing...: <BR/><BR/><I> On Saturday July 22nd, two Canadian Soldiers were killed in Afghanistan in an attack against the occupying troops near their Kandahar base. <BR/>These two deaths bring the rapidly rising toll up to 20 Canadians killed in Afghanistan. <BR/>Three days later, on July 25th, Mike Frastacky, a Canadian working in Afghanistan, was killed. The death toll for Canada in this mission has now reached 21. Afghanistan is undeniably a war zone.<BR/><BR/>According to Col. Tom Putt, deputy commanding officer of the Canadian Task Force Afghanistan the two deaths are "the price Canada has to pay today for a brighter future for the people of Afghanistan,"<BR/><BR/>Contrary to what Col. Putt is alleging, this occupation is not bringing any future for [the Taliban]. The death toll for [the Taliban] is many thousands. Thousands more are wounded and hundreds of thousands on top of that have been devastatingly impoverished and made into refugees [by the taliban]. [thanks to the Taliban,] Schools are not functioning. [The Taliban] have no control over the political process and state machinery that they need to create a future in the interest of [the Taliban]. <BR/><BR/>Stephen Harper met the deaths of the two Canadian soldiers with these comments, "we are proud of the men and women of the Canadian Forces, who continue to stand on guard for Canadian values around the world"<BR/><BR/>What the policy of the Stephen Harper and the Canadian Government has shown is that "Canadian values" include denying the democratic, political and legal rights of [the Taliban]. "Canadian values" mean military suppression of a resistance movement demanding their right to sovereignty. "Canadian values" mean air strikes, house raids, checkpoints, arrests and torture [of suspected members and supporters of the Taliban]. No wonder that [the Taliban] have rejected Stephen Harper's "Canadian values"!<BR/><BR/>For Afghanistan to have a chance to build a future that will benefit the needs of [the Taliban], they first need self-determination. Occupation troops must immediately withdrawal and [the Taliban] must be left to determine their own future. </I>Charles Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18168475254263681673noreply@blogger.com