Written by Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterFriday, 27 June 2008
TORONTO - The founding executive director of Project Ploughshares — one of Canada’s leading Christian voices for peace — wants Canadian troops to stay in Afghanistan, for now.Following 10 days interviewing Afghanis and Canadians in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul, Project Ploughshares senior researcher Ernie Regehr concludes Canadian troops are not creating the peace and stability necessary for economic and social development in Kandahar province. However, the soldiers are still necessary to prevent an all-out civil war. “The country really is in deep-rooted conflict between the southern communities and the northern communities,” said Regehr. ....
(This story includes an interview with me where I argue that Canada does not have a diplomatic strategy in Afghanistan and lacks both the will and military muscle to pursue a policy separate from the Americans)
Full story here
http://www.catholicregister.org/content/view/2005/849/
Canada needed in Afghanistan
7/07/2008 07:33:00 PM
war and peace, world
