What exactly is Canada doing in Afghanistan? There hasn't been a ton of info available talking about what exactly Canada is doing in Afghanistan. Sure, we're trying to "maintain peace" which is a great goal, but how exactly are we doing that?
There are some actions taken in the name of "maintaining peace" that are clearly counter-productive. Things like dropping big bombs from the air that happen to destroy civilians and/or their infrastructure, or burning down farmer's poppy fields in the name of the war on drugs.
I'm not saying that Canada is engaged in these kind of things. I don't really know. I wish we had more information about what the big-picture goals and actions of Canada's troops in Afghanistan are.
Here are the links that sparked this post:
8 comments I don't think that Canada is in Afghanistan to maintain peace at all. There has not been peace in Afghanistan for the past twenty-five years. Canada is there to fight the Taliban, just as they have been doing since October, 2001 in response to a Taliban-supported militia murdering 24 Canadians in New York City a month earlier. Since that time, the Taliban has gone from the controlling 90% of Afghanistan to a few rural areas north and east of Kandahar.
When Canada first began to fight in Afghanistan, it was on the front lines and suffered four casualties. For the next four years, it patrolled the relatively Taliban-free area around Kabul, while its allies, such as the British, Americans and Australians fought in Taliban strongholds. Canada is now sustaining casualties because it has repositioned its troops in the area near Kandahar where more of the fighting is taking place. 32 troops have been killed in Afghanistan in the last five years. The last ground war in which Canada took part was in Korea, where it lost 535 troops over the course of the three-year war.
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Thanks for your insights Chris. Like I said, I don't really know enough about our role there and I'd like to understand what we're doing more.
I don't have a problem with Canada using its military in appropriate situations, and I understand that casualties are a natural result of military operations. I supported the overthrowing of the Taliban from control of Afghanistan, and I'm glad that Canada took part in that.
The situation there now is different from what it was when we entered though. Like you said, the Taliban have been relegated to a few rural areas on the edges of the country. I don't know if it's even really the same "Taliban" as before, or just a bunch of crazy guys with guns living in the mountains. I think it makes sense to take a fresh look at what we're doing taking the current situation into account.
Do you think it makes sense to push the fight to these guys in the corners of the country? It seems like they are pretty much a guerrilla force now, and the historical record of foreign military forces vs local guerrilla forces isn't too great.
Do you know if any of the NATO nations are contributing to the eradication of poppy crops as part of their involvement in Afghanistan? I've read various things about this, but nothing really definitive. | | |
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