Shoot him, wrap him in pigskin, throw him in a hole and cover it over.
Shoot him, wrap him in pigskin, throw him in a hole and cover it over.
Or in this case maybe wrap him in Canadian Bacon...
The money quote from the story. Go Canada!
The incident angered Vance, who immediately demanded a shura – or meeting with village elders – at the Dand district centre. He wanted an explanation as to why villagers, who have benefited from Canadian aid and protection, didn’t bother to warn them about the bomb.
“It disgusts me that my soldiers can be hurt,” Vance said to 24 village elders in the shura, which lasted 50 minutes. “If we keep blowing up on the roads I’m going to stop doing development. If we stop doing development in Dand, I believe Afghanistan and Kandahar is a project that cannot be saved.
“There has to be a change starting now and we need to make sure the roads stay clear of IEDs,” he said, referring to deadly improvised explosive devices that have repeatedly caused Canadian casualties.
“If we don’t start getting some serious cooperation from the people ... then I wonder whether or not it’s worth another Canadian life.”
In sharp contrast are the Afghans that live in villages outside the cities. They are living in Biblical times. They have no concept of modernity or the world beyond their villages. They could care less about progress, America, or anything else. I don't think these places are necessarily pro-Taliban or Anti-America, I think they just don't give a crap. These people are living a subsistence existence. If it doesn't have anything to do with a roof over their heads or food in their bellies, they just don't give a crap. I mean that literally. That's their life aspiration: shelter and food.
These are the people that can't be saved, imo. These are the places where the Taliban live. I say we need to stop with the Mr. Nice Guy approach to these places. If we don't level them to the ground, we need to at least make it extremely uncomfortable for them.
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