The Taliban supposedly had already been defeated by the American invaders, and the Afghan leaders were talking about a new democratic constitution.
At the same time, the Chretien government wanted to commit all of our military resources to Afghanistan specifically so there would be none left to send to Iraq in the likely event the U.S. decided to go after Saddam Hussein.
It must have seemed like a good idea at the time. Today, as the Taliban resistance grows and the Canadian body count mounts, Manley admits the Afghan conflict "looks more like Dieppe than D-Day."
However the Afghan conflict unfolds, it remains Canada's most visible remnant of the 9/11 attacks and the ensuing "war" on terrorism.
In fact, one of the only remnants.
In a recent edition of Foreign Affairs magazine, a thought-provoking analysis of the lasting impact of 9/11 on global affairs carried the equally catchy headline: "The day nothing much changed."
"We were told the world would never be the same," the piece begins. "But ... for all the sound and fury, the world looks much like it did on Sept. 10." For the most part, so does Canada.
Air travellers may not be able to carry toothpaste or duty-free booze on board their flights, but neither is Canada a nation of terror-stricken citizens cowering in their bomb shelters.
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Now that is funny, since throughout history every Afghan invasion started out in the exact same way: Easy to go in, impossible to stay. Only 17 years ago we saw the mighty Soviet Army get kicked out by a bunch of rag tag resistance fighters, so why anyone thought this latest version of the same old thing would be different boggles the mind.
"Air travellers may not be able to carry toothpaste or duty-free booze on board their flights, but neither is Canada a nation of terror-stricken citizens cowering in their bomb shelters."
Actually, I fear my own government much more so than any of the imagined terrorists we're told about. Take for example the government's mysterious paranoia at airports: OH NOOOO, TOOTHPASTE!!!!! RUN FOR YER LIVES!!!!
With nutters who fear toothpaste in charge of security, we're really in trouble! Meanwhile, anyone can blow up a bus, or shoot up a college campus, or do a million other nasty things with ease should they ever want to. Security spending is just a great way to launder tax money into corporate profits.
The government kills many times more people than terrorists do. Each year, unarmed and in some cases completely innocent people are killed by police, but no one gets killed by terrorists. Untold thousands are being killed by our government in Afghanistan so that an oil and gas pipeline can be built.
"Whatever the reasons, we are certainly a long way from the love-in for America that spontaneously attracted 100,000 of us to Parliament Hill three days after 9/11."
The MSM keeps on missing the elephant in the room: 9-11 WAS A BIG FAT LIE AND WE'VE ALL COME TO KNOW IT - THAT'S THE REASON!
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Sure was convenient how Osama and his evil-doing men staged the 911 attack and created a "New Pearl Harbor" moment at the most convenient time to gear up US and international public support for the US launch of an already planned attack on Afghanistan. Battleship Maine, Gulf of Tonkin, Operation Nothwoods, Operation Gladio, anyone hear any bells ringing yet?<br />
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US 'planned attack on Taleban'<br />
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By the BBC's George Arney<br />
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A former Pakistani diplomat has told the BBC that the US was planning military action against Osama Bin Laden and the Taleban even before last week's attacks.<br />
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Niaz Naik, a former Pakistani Foreign Secretary, was told by senior American officials in mid-July that military action against Afghanistan would go ahead by the middle of October.<br />
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Mr Naik said US officials told him of the plan at a UN-sponsored international contact group on Afghanistan which took place in Berlin.<br />
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SNIP<br />
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He said that he was in no doubt that after the World Trade Center bombings this pre-existing US plan had been built upon and would be implemented within two or three weeks.<br />
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And he said it was doubtful that Washington would drop its plan even if Bin Laden were to be surrendered immediately by the Taleban. <br />
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<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/1550366.stm">http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/1550366.stm</a><br />
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This war on terrorism is bogus <br />
by Michael Meacher<br />
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SNIP<br />
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The catalogue of evidence does, however, fall into place when set against the PNAC blueprint. From this it seems that the so-called "war on terrorism" is being used largely as bogus cover for achieving wider US strategic geopolitical objectives. Indeed Tony Blair himself hinted at this when he said to the Commons liaison committee: "To be truthful about it, there was no way we could have got the public consent to have suddenly launched a campaign on Afghanistan but for what happened on September 11" (Times, July 17 2002).<br />
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<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1036571,00.html">http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1036571,00.html</a>
Every time I see an ad for the movie "World Trade Center" I cannot help but wonder how many people actually know who was really responsible for all that needless bloodshed?
I'm still undecided as to whether or not to actually see the movie at this time. I'll probably wait for the dvd, because quite frankly I don't like the idea of being seen crying in public.
Tears of both sadness and rage.
Who, knowing the truth, would not feel the same?
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"and the knowledge they fear is a weapon to be used against them"
"The Weapon" - Rush