The Senate committee on national security and defence released its report on the Afghanistan mission this morning, including its recommendation for the post-2011 mandate.
As Rear Admiral P.A. Maddison explained yesterday, there was apparently belief among Canadian Forces that violence was a “cultural norm” among Afghan authorities, but there was no “observation” or “expectation” that detainees were being abused.
And the deadline for bringing Canadian troops home is fast approaching
Is Afghanistan ready to take its fate into its own hands? Not yet.
Still pursuing an answer from National Defence for the redacted reference to abuse in that 2006 field report. In the meantime, the Liberals are using that document to question the claim to national security.
What’s a government to do when the troops say otherwise?
Stockwell Day: “We are just being brutally transparent”
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