Our Troops

I read a piece in the Globe the other day concerning our troops in Afghanistan. Apparently Canadian troops are being killed at three times the rate of other allied forces. There are a couple of reasons for this. One, Canadian troops are stationed for the most part in the more dangerous areas of the country. However, the second reason is more compelling. Nearly all the casualties are the result of Improvised Explosive Devices (IED'S), implanted bombs that destroy ground transport. Canadian troops are more susceptible to these attacks when moving personnel because they have no helicopters. The obvious question is why the hell not? Young Canadian women and men are giving their lives because our government hasn't seen fit to outfit them properly. The war itself is questionable at best - we're fighting the Taliban because Dubya didn't bother to finish the job after 9/11. He was too busy inventing reasons to invade Iraq. Last week I saw Prime Minister Puddn'head Harper standing beside Dubya, smiling like a jackass. He should have been asking him for choppers.

And we should be asking ourselves, come election time, why Canadian troops don't have the full and utmost support of the country they're serving. It's criminal - and Harper, McKay and the rest of those tinhorns running the show in Ottawa should be made to answer for it.