Friday, September 14, 2007

Canada should not abandon Afghans, PM says in Australia

As time goes on with the Canadian citizens and Politicians debating the nature of the mission in Afghanistan, support is becoming more and more divided and shifting downward. Since the nature of the mission has shifted to a more serious and danger path in securing and controlling the southern hot zones of Afghanistan; attention for an early pull out has grown higher both among the citizens and the politicians. Canada has lost 70 soldiers and one diplomat and currently has 2,500 soldiers in Afghanistan. PM Harper as always stays behind the mission and believes Canada should see the "mission through until the Afghan people are able to stand alone and take over security responsibility in their country." Many politicians and citizens does not see it this way as PM does, they believe the purpose of the mission has changed, because Canadian soldiers are no longer acting as peace keepers. This mission is not turning out the way they imagined. The once noble cause of providing security to liberate the Afghan people is looking more and more like full-scale war, war with an enemy who does not follow rules; war with an enemy who is killing their friends.
First of all, Canada’s mission in Afghanistan is not a peace keeping mission. Canada joined coalition forces to make a change and difference in a place where it is necessary and noble. That change and difference have lightened and opened door to a brighter future for million men, women, and children who have been waiting for years. PM Harper stated in his speech to the Australian government " if we abandon our fellow human beings to lives of poverty, brutality and ignorance in today's global village, their misery will eventually and inevitably become our own." I agree with PM Harper, we went there for many reasons and those reasons were to bring democracy, prosperous, and eliminate brutality, discrimination, and poverty. We have to remember you cannot provide these without a safe atmosphere to administer it. Therefore, it is necessary to fight and destroy those terrorist organizations that are active in and outside of Afghanistan. Who are harming and causing destruction to the people and societies of Afghanistan and outside Afghanistan. The purpose of our goals has not yet been accomplished, we should see the mission through until the Afghan people and government are able to stand alone and take over security responsibilities in their country. Hundreds of lives have been lost for many reasons and goals in this mission. Those reasons and goals have not yet been accomplished, but today thousands of our men and women side by side with the coalition forces are risking their lives to grand these wishes to millions of Afghan people and create a better and safer world for all us. This is noble and privilege for every one of us. It is very heart breaking and sad when we hear that a Canadian soldier or a coalition soldier is hurt or killed for a cause or reason beyond their borders. That is not what this mission is about, it is true that we are divided by boundaries, language and culture but we are all human being and we all deserve democracy, happiness, prosperity, dignity and equality. Support the mission and our soldiers, pray for those who lost their lives and their families and wish them all the best.

Karwan Waissi

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