What’s up with Canadian policy in Afghanistan?

The Soviets and the Afghan Communists tried to build a nation state, but the zealously independent and proud Afghans, with U.S. assistance, undid that effort. Can Canada contribute much after 2011 with its 100 civilians in the country? Dream on.

TORONTO—A few short years ago, many Canadians thought Iraq the "bad" war and Afghanistan the "good" war (is any war good?). Barack Obama echoed this sentiment in his successful presidential campaign. Paradoxically, the upshot of George Bush's "unjust" war, launched unilaterally under false ...

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