Reply #8: We claim our mission is to bring them secular democracy [View All]

[daleo]

Or something like that. That's my impression of what the mission is, according to Harper and the media. In my opinion that amounts to an effort to fundamentally change their politics and culture.

I don't think it can be done by force of arms. Traditional peacekeeping can be of some use, perhaps establishing a model for a slow transition to a more modern political culture. But going out to "kill scumbags", as Hillier put it, is not going to achieve anything except get us mixed up in a civil war that is none of our business.