Why are we still there?

Image retrieved here, on 9/12/09.

Many years have passed since the Canadian troops have been deployed to Afghanistan. As the war between the Taliban and Foreign countries (including us) continues, many of our Canadian soldiers are getting killed in Afghanistan. There are two important questions we have to ask ourselves: What have we done so far and how long is this war going to last? After every effort and blood our soldiers have shed to destroy the Taliban, they just reply to us with greater force and destruction. Are all these sacrifices necessary?

Canada is now starting to seem as an enemy! In their eyes, they see their country turned into a war zone. In Afghanistan, the education is very different from North American and European countries. Therefore, Afghans do not necessarily share the same point of view on the way that Canada and the other countries are operating. They don't approve our presence here because they are not used to the different nations. However, by changing its method, Canada should try to fix these problems and should not have a negative impact on the Afghan population.

Gabriel