Here we go again

It is one of the tenets of my life that our country should be helping to improve the lives of those that are oppressed. Mr Duceppe believes otherwise. He talks about reconstruction and how we should be focused on that, but what he does not understand is that the military cannot do reconstruction when there is a group out there that sees schools as a threat to Islam. Maybe we should get out of Afghanistan and let the people there choose the government of their own. Then 20 years from now when a new group of Islamic Fundamentalists comes from there, I can say "I told you so".

Now Mr Duceppe's rationalisation for trying to force the government down is a good one, for his party. He is afraid that with two leaders that do speak to the average voter in Quebec he and his party will be marginalised. Mr Duceppe needs an election soon before Stephane Dion starts pulling from the ranks of the BQ and possibly gains seats at the expense of the BQ. The next group of troops scheduled to head to Afghanistan are French.

Mr Layton is easier to understand, his position is "LALALALALALA I can't hear you". When it comes to matters of the military, he does not understand, nor want to understand why we are in Afghanistan. Honestly, he only cares about the soldiers there because it makes good copy when he cries crocodile tears over the bodies of returning soldiers.

Mr. Dion is in a dfferent position, his government was the one in power when the troops were sent out. He, or at least his party, knew there would be fighting and deaths. Now he can support the BQ's position and try to worm some sort of "honourable retreat" claim past the Canadian public, or he can try and support the government and not get a shot at being PM within the year.