Posted on 08/21/2008 6:40:38 AM PDT by exg
The Taliban's big lie
Aug 20, 2008 04:30 AM
Adolf Hitler knew that some people are quicker to swallow a big lie than a little one. So do the Taliban. In an "open letter" to Canadians this week, they claim we "came to Afghanistan to kill and torture the Afghans."
Really? When Canada first sent special forces into Afghanistan after the 9/11 attacks, we went in self-defence.
The World Trade Center in New York was still smouldering from Osama bin Laden's strikes, and the Taliban were still playing host to Al Qaeda. Canadians were among the nearly 3,000 people who died. We deployed troops to help prevent another such strike.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper was right to dismiss the Taliban letter as propaganda that won't affect Canadian policy.
Canadian troops and aid workers are in Afghanistan under a lawful United Nations mandate that declared the Taliban a threat to peace, to freedom, to the rule of law and to human rights. We are there at the request of Afghan leaders who, unlike the Taliban, were elected.
And while Canada and 40 allies are taking casualties – the Taliban killed 10 French troops yesterday in the worst allied loss in years – the Taliban are in no position to turn Afghanistan back into a state sponsor of terror. And that suits most Afghans, who suffered their misrule.
So the Taliban have turned to murdering unarmed Canadian aid workers and others in cold blood, and then blaming the victims. What was their crime? Bringing schooling to Afghan women and children? Building homes? Delivering medical care? Fresh water?
What part of Canada's aggression is our $1.3 billion aid program?
If the Afghan people decide Canada's presence is more trouble than it is worth, they are free to say so, through their leaders or opinion surveys. We will not stay a day longer than we are wanted.
But Canadians would betray the UN, the Afghan people, and our own principles, by being cowed by murderers, or seduced by their Big Lie.
Ping
“The Taliban’s big lie...”
Muhammed was a prophet of God?
That’s the biggest one I can think of.
unfortunately the article is info depleted.
they don’t give enough info to form an opinion.
The article was written in response to recent Taliban threats against all Canadians, for more info., try this one:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2065480/posts
A brief summary on this:
About a week ago, the Taliban murdered aid workers, the Taliban, then, sent an “open letter” to Canadians that if we do not pull out of Afghanistan, they will kill more Canadian civilians/aid workers, and that we are there only to murder Afghans, etc (that is the “big lie”)
More info on this subject here:
http://www.canada.com/most_popular/story.html?id=730470
thank you.
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