A war that should never be
How many deaths are too many.
I don't often speak of this, but frankly the reason Canada is in Afghanistan, that NATO will be in Afghanistan, for years to come is because George Bush and his delusional pack of fools decided to leave the job half-done. Iraq needed to be freed, so leave the bulk of the work in Afghanistan to others and start another war. This one based on useless intelligence (if it can even be classified as such) and half-truths. I'm sure the Iraqis are enjoying their freedom. No, wait, that's not what has happened, is it? And despite the propaganda from the US administration and their allies, it's a real possibility that it will never come.
How many more years? How many more deaths? You might have been able to ask Cpl. Boneca for his opinion, but instead you'll have to let what he told others speak for him. The disgrace is that no one, from our mealy-mouthed Prime Minister down, seems to listen.
From CBC
Reservist was disillusioned with military, family says
A Canadian soldier killed in Afghanistan was disillusioned with the military and considered pretending he was suicidal to get out, family and friends said on the weekend.
Cpl. Anthony Boneca, a 21-year-old reservist from the Lake Superior Scottish Regiment based in Thunder Bay, Ont., was killed Sunday morning as international and Afghan soldiers moved into a region west of Kandahar City.
William Babe said his nephew was disillusioned with the military and that Boneca planned to leave and go back to school this fall.
Boneca was on his second tour of duty in Afghanistan and serving with the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry. Babe said he was due home at the end of this month.
In recent phone calls, Babe said, Boneca sounded depressed.
"He said, 'Uncle Bill, it's not like it was on TV' and 'I would never do this again,'" Babe said.
"I don't think he believed totally in what he was doing because I think he saw things he didn't expect to see and didn't want to see and probably did things he didn't want to do."
Babe said his nephew's death is a horrible waste, and added that he would like to see Canada pull its forces out of Afghanistan.
Girlfriend's father says soldier talked with priest
The father of Boneca's girlfriend said Boneca wanted out of the military so badly that he even considered pretending to be suicidal, and asked an army priest if talk of suicide would get him discharged.
Larry DeCorte, whose 19-year-old daughter Megan was set to be engaged to Boneca, said the young soldier hated being in Afghanistan, and felt he had been misled by the military.
"All that went on and the treatment they were getting by the Canadian army and by the people over there, wasn't what he bargained for," DeCorte said. "They'd go out on tours … they'd be out for 22 days [with] not enough rations, not enough water.
"The people of Canada have to realize this kind of stuff, that they've been treated like that."
DeCorte also called on Prime Minister Stephen Harper to pull Canadian troops out of Afghanistan.
I don't often speak of this, but frankly the reason Canada is in Afghanistan, that NATO will be in Afghanistan, for years to come is because George Bush and his delusional pack of fools decided to leave the job half-done. Iraq needed to be freed, so leave the bulk of the work in Afghanistan to others and start another war. This one based on useless intelligence (if it can even be classified as such) and half-truths. I'm sure the Iraqis are enjoying their freedom. No, wait, that's not what has happened, is it? And despite the propaganda from the US administration and their allies, it's a real possibility that it will never come.
How many more years? How many more deaths? You might have been able to ask Cpl. Boneca for his opinion, but instead you'll have to let what he told others speak for him. The disgrace is that no one, from our mealy-mouthed Prime Minister down, seems to listen.
From CBC
Reservist was disillusioned with military, family says
A Canadian soldier killed in Afghanistan was disillusioned with the military and considered pretending he was suicidal to get out, family and friends said on the weekend. Cpl. Anthony Boneca, a 21-year-old reservist from the Lake Superior Scottish Regiment based in Thunder Bay, Ont., was killed Sunday morning as international and Afghan soldiers moved into a region west of Kandahar City.
William Babe said his nephew was disillusioned with the military and that Boneca planned to leave and go back to school this fall.
Boneca was on his second tour of duty in Afghanistan and serving with the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry. Babe said he was due home at the end of this month.
In recent phone calls, Babe said, Boneca sounded depressed.
"He said, 'Uncle Bill, it's not like it was on TV' and 'I would never do this again,'" Babe said.
"I don't think he believed totally in what he was doing because I think he saw things he didn't expect to see and didn't want to see and probably did things he didn't want to do."
Babe said his nephew's death is a horrible waste, and added that he would like to see Canada pull its forces out of Afghanistan.
Girlfriend's father says soldier talked with priest
The father of Boneca's girlfriend said Boneca wanted out of the military so badly that he even considered pretending to be suicidal, and asked an army priest if talk of suicide would get him discharged.
Larry DeCorte, whose 19-year-old daughter Megan was set to be engaged to Boneca, said the young soldier hated being in Afghanistan, and felt he had been misled by the military.
"All that went on and the treatment they were getting by the Canadian army and by the people over there, wasn't what he bargained for," DeCorte said. "They'd go out on tours … they'd be out for 22 days [with] not enough rations, not enough water.
"The people of Canada have to realize this kind of stuff, that they've been treated like that."
DeCorte also called on Prime Minister Stephen Harper to pull Canadian troops out of Afghanistan.
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