Reply #25: There is a difference [View All]

[Canadian_moderate]

The Taliban is deliberately killing civilians. The NATO forces and the Afghan army generally do not target civilians.

I would agree that very little progress has been made. The insurgents and the warlords have been very successful in keeping Afghanistan destabilized, especially in the regions outside the central government's control. Democracy would be great, but to me the defence and enforcement human rights, especially the rights of Afghan women, should be the primary goal.

Do you think that the Taliban would be be good for the women of Afghanistan? We've already seen how they treated them while they were in power.

Canada's primary role should be peacekeeping, however, it's hard to keep peace when the insurgents don't respect their presence.