“Parliament has made the right decision. We can wallow around Afghanistan for another three years trying to save face. Or we can be adults and not get burned twice. Let us face a harsh truth: for all the efforts of our courageous troops, and the courageous troops of our allies, nation-building doesn't make sense in a nation that doesn't want to get built. Let's quit pretending.”
So said Canadian Senator Colin Kenny on Tuesday. He was expressing the sentiments of a majority of Canadians, according to recent polls. People have realized that it was a mistake -- putting it mildly -- to send our soldiers to "help" those who don't want to be helped.
Even former Prime Minister Jean Chrétien, whose government committed Canadian troops to pacify the Americans after declining to get into the Iraq quagmire, is reported to have campaigned against the extension of the mission, when it came before Parliament under "Call Me Steve" Harper.
The sentiment is the same in the U.S.A. The American public, having been duped by the Bushmen into thinking that if you were in Iraq you had to be in Afghanistan too, has finally seen the illogic of that proposition. USA Today reported last Monday the results of a Gallup poll which showed that “Support for Obama's management of the war fell to 36%, down from 48% in a February poll. Now, a record 43% also say it was a mistake to go to war there after the terrorist attacks in 2001."
The increasing unpopularity of the Armpitistan war has contributed to the lowest approval ratings of Obama's presidency. Believe it or not, more Americans (39%) support the Great Black Hope's handling of the economy than the war. And this was before the ignominious retreat from Iraq!
Only 41% of those surveyed approved of the way Obama is handling his job. That's the prez's lowest rating in the USA TODAY/Gallup Poll since he took office. But Obama's no dummy, right? Only a fool would stay on the burning deck while the ship is sinking. Right? Errr...maybe the ship isn't actually on fire yet. Let's see what happens at the mid-term elections.
FOOTNOTE: Smile for the day:
Q. What's the difference between war and peace?
A. You can't have a good war!
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