Doing good well in Kandahar, Afghanistan

Afghanistan is not Iraq; we are right to be there and not to fold at the first signs of trouble. But, there are good Canadian reasons for doing it our way. Not to mention political dangers for any government that does it otherwise.

Whatever the ultimate outcome of the debate about having a debate on Canada's role in Afghanistan, it will be very important that the government be clear in its own mind about what we are doing there and why we are doing it, and communicate its purposes persuasively to Canadians. Otherwise, like ...

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