2006/03/15

Canada and Afghanistan

You can call it the media reaction. What started out as Prime Ministers Chretien and Martin's commitment of troops in Afghanistan based upon a UN resolution, a NATO mandate and an Afghani government request has now become a "war." The media called it a "war" because there were Canadian casualties. Better to call the Canadian deployment in Afghanistan "peacekeeping" or "peacemaking." All of Canada's military adventures since the United Nations invented peacekeeping have been based on international law and requests and consent of host countries, except for the Canadian CF fighter jets bombing of Serbia. I don't remember what former Foreign Minister Axworthy did in Parliament. Please remind me whether there was any parliamentary debate on Canadian CF fighter jets bombing Serbia.

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