Friday, June 4, 2010

Canadian military NOT to stay in Afghanistan past 2011?

Canada's fearless leader, "Call me Steve" Harper, was quick to put the kibosh on a suggestion by an all-party parliamentary committee that Canada extend its military mission in Afghanistan past the July 2011 deadline. (See yesterday's post for details.)

At a press conference in Paris today, the Prime Rib [Prime Minister, surely! ed] spoke with unusual clarity, as follows:

“I think we’ve been very clear. We are working according to the parliamentary resolution that was adopted in 2008 by which Canada’s military mission will end and will transition to a civilian and development mission at the end of 2011. And that continues to be our work plan according to the resolution adopted by Parliament.”

Also unusually, he made the exact same statement in French.

Apparently the PM has not, after all, been moved by appeals from the still-Mrs. Clinton and her increasingly feckless boss. If he [Harper] genuinely means to bring the troops home, he has Walt's support. That's unusual too.

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