ridenrain ridenrain:
Layton has been quite clear that he wanted to withdraw Canadian troops from Afghanistan and send them to Darfur.
Canadian troops have no reason to be fighting a losing war in Afghanistan as America's auxiliary pee-on. Sending them to Darfur is no doubt a silly idea since the only people who can fix up that problem are the people who actually live in the region. If they want to kill themselves, so be it.
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The last times the west sent troops in was Rwanda and Somolia, and both didn't work out like we expected.
Of course not, it never does, usually because there's an ulterior reason for being there that the people who are being "saved" don't agree with, such as with what's really going on in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Sudan has oil and is now selling that to the Chinese, who support the genocide in Darfur and many of the tyrants in Africa.
Did you say oil, and the USA does not have it? Well, that's the reason why we do hear about the mess in that region, otherwise it would not make the news at all.
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I definately believe that China os doing no good there.
You are right, the Chinese are no doubt not helping to make things better. Any "mission" into the region will be to secure the oil and kick out the Chinese, so it won't be a good war for the people who live there as it'll be mostly them who'll get slaughtered in the process. The people will lose no matter who wins.
People like Layton are either idealistic fools, or just pandering for votes in however way they can. Politicians are all alike - slimy and very slippery.