U.S. wants Canada to stay in Afghanistan (Clinton, No not Bill.)
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[QUOTE]he United States would like Canada to stay in Afghanistan beyond 2011, the year Canada is scheduled to end its combat mission in the country, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton told CBC's [I]The Hour[/I]. "It's up to Canada to decide how you deploy your forces," Clinton told host George Stroumboulopoulos in an interview that will be aired Tuesday evening.
"But I'm not going to sit here and tell you we're happy about it because … that wouldn't be telling you the truth. We'd love to have Canada stay in this fight with us. But again, you know, you've got your own considerations and we respect that."
Clinton is in Ottawa attending a meeting of G8 foreign ministers to prepare for the G8 leaders summit in Toronto in June. She also attended a meeting of representatives from the five Arctic coastal states near Gatineau, Que., on Monday and will meet with Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Tuesday morning.
To date, there has been no formal request from NATO for Canadian troops to stay in Afghanistan past 2011. Canada began its Afghan mission in 2002.
Last week, Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon reiterated in the House of Commons that the end date has not changed despite a Globe and Mail report saying the U.S. government would ask Canada to keep as many as 500 to 600 soldiers in Afghanistan. He again ruled out any form of military mission beyond 2011 late Monday evening.
However, he added the government is looking at non-military roles past that deadline, which was something Clinton mentioned to Stroumboulopoulos.
"We do need non-combat forces, for example, for training and logistical work," said Clinton. "The Canadians and the Americans get along so well."
In 2008, Parliament passed a motion to keep soldiers in Kandahar until 2011. Leaving military trainers in Kabul after the 2011 pullout date would still comply with the federal government's commitment to end Canada's role in the fighting.
In December 2009, U.S. President Barack Obama committed 30,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan but also pledged to begin withdrawing U.S. forces beginning in July 2011.
The additional U.S. troops will include about 5,000 trainers, underscoring Obama's emphasis on preparing Afghans to take over their own security.
Canada has at least 2,500 soldiers in Afghanistan serving under NATO. Since 2002, 141 Canadian soldiers and two civilians have died during the mission.
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tl;dr : Clinton wants Canada to stay in Afghanistan after 2011.
Sauce [url]http://www.cbc.ca/politics/story/2010/03/29/clinton-canada-afghanistan.html[/url]
Fuck you Clinton not our war
Australia wants Canada to take back Justin Bieber.
Things are going to get pretty ugly in Kandahar once the Canadians leave.
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[QUOTE=hypno-toad;21583663]Things are going to get pretty ugly in Kandahar once the Canadians leave.
:munch:[/QUOTE]
Yeah, but like I said - it's not our war. We should have pulled out of Afghanistan the second Bush made it clear Iraq was the new flavour of the month. Helping an ally is important, but we're losing soldiers over there.
[QUOTE=Zeke129;21583677]Yeah, but like I said - it's not our war. We should have pulled out of Afghanistan the second Bush made it clear Iraq was the new flavour of the month. Helping an ally is important, but we're losing soldiers over there.[/QUOTE]
I know, I'm just sayin..
:munch:
Making history here.
That's the second bag of chips and second cola you've had tonight young man
[QUOTE=Zeke129;21583707]That's the second bag of chips and second cola you've had tonight young man[/QUOTE]
In Soviet Russia, Cola drinks you!
[QUOTE=Zeke129;21583707]That's the second bag of chips and second cola you've had tonight young man[/QUOTE]
f u you're not my real father. :mad:
Chips and cola are good for me.
[QUOTE=doonbugie;21583717]In Soviet Russia, Cola drinks you![/QUOTE]
In 4chan, soviet russia jokes are funny!
[QUOTE=Zeke129;21583729]In 4chan, soviet russia jokes are funny![/QUOTE]
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Support in Iraq is to Tony Blair as support in Afghanistan is to...Stephen Harper?
:ohdear:
[QUOTE=Shoupie;21583758]Support in Iraq is to Tony Blair as support in Afghanistan is to...Stephen Harper?
:ohdear:[/QUOTE]
Uhh... Ditto? :wtc:
Fuck, our 'allies' are treating Afghanistan like a game of Sardines, they all fuck off an leave whilst the rest of the guys stay and die, America will turn around one day an wonder where everyones hiding
[QUOTE=Spawndex;21583795]Fuck, our 'allies' are treating Afghanistan like a game of Sardines, they all fuck off an leave whilst the rest of the guys stay and die, America will turn around one day an wonder where everyones hiding[/QUOTE]
Did not know UK was in Afghanistan? :iiam:
[QUOTE=Spawndex;21583795]Fuck, our 'allies' are treating Afghanistan like a game of Sardines, they all fuck off an leave whilst the rest of the guys stay and die, America will turn around one day an wonder where everyones hiding[/QUOTE]
Maybe if you guys sent the troops destined for Iraq to Afganistan instead, the whole mission wouldn't have gone tits-up, hmm?
Maybe we'll stay if the American government will recognize that the Northwest Passage is our territory.
[QUOTE=Spawndex;21583795]Fuck, our 'allies' are treating Afghanistan like a game of Sardines, they all fuck off an leave whilst the rest of the guys stay and die, America will turn around one day an wonder where everyones hiding[/QUOTE]
Gee, maybe if that gun-ho political attitude hadn't pissed of of the Radical Islamists 20 years ago, we wouldn't even be in this situation.
Clean up your own messes.
[QUOTE=Tac Error;21583814]Maybe we'll stay if the American government will recognize that the Northwest Passage is our territory.[/QUOTE]
We already make people using that shipping lane report to our government first. It's our territory for all intents and purposes.
[QUOTE=Zeke129;21583838]We already make people using that shipping lane report to our government first. It's our territory for all intents and purposes.[/QUOTE]
Not the US Navy. In the past they've used it many times without permission.
[QUOTE=Tac Error;21583869]Not the US Navy. In the past they've used it many times without permission.[/QUOTE]
Well they're arrogant cocks.
[QUOTE=Zeke129;21583926]Well they're arrogant cocks.[/QUOTE]
Fuck the navy!
[QUOTE=doonbugie;21583947]Fuck the navy![/QUOTE]
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[QUOTE=Zeke129;21583677]Yeah, but like I said - it's not our war. We should have pulled out of Afghanistan the second Bush made it clear Iraq was the new flavour of the month. Helping an ally is important, but we're losing soldiers over there.[/QUOTE]
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- The US is not Nazi Germany. They have to abide by democratic and humane practices in the face of the media.
- This is not 1939
- The problem in Iraq right now is an insurgency, not under-trained, under-equipped polish soldiers.
- The US invasion was not one to conquer, it was one to remove a leader, re-instate a new stable democratic leadership, then leave. This has not yet been successful.
[QUOTE=Zeke129;21583809]Maybe if you guys sent the troops destined for Iraq to Afganistan instead, the whole mission wouldn't have gone tits-up, hmm?[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=hypno-toad;21583824]Gee, maybe if that gun-ho political attitude hadn't pissed of of the Radical Islamists 20 years ago, we wouldn't even be in this situation.
Clean up your own messes.[/QUOTE]
Im not American, I'm British, and I have friends risking their arses so the yanks dont have to lose even more of their own
what kinda crappy alliance is it when countries shrug an give up on their supposed brothers in arms
wait, dont answer i'll do it : A shit one .
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