The war in Afghanistan is a failure and it was doomed to be that since the day they lost sight of what they were trying to do (and that was before the first shot was fired). What should have been a commando raid or something surgical to get at a very bad person being protected by an equally bad government was warped into an attempt to nation build by outsiders in a group consensus mode, no chance. Despite that the war's supporters continue to support this morally bankrupt attempt to .. to .. well I'm not sure what the intent given the total confusion of the supporters to be honest but people are dying and I know it is not to "protect my freedom" like Mr. Harper claims. Matter of fact these days it seems Mr. Harper is the main attacker of my freedom.

Here was my reply to the non-reporting over the last two days of the new laws going in from the government we are supporting with Canadian blood and Canadian dollars. This is going against the editorial policy of the National Post so I very much doubt it will be published but I can always hope to be surprised.

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I keep looking for some sign that our Prime Minister is worried enough about the recent legislation that, among other abhorrent things, essentially forces women to have sex with their husbands in Afghanistan to actually do something. I keep looking for something published in the National Post that indicates this is abhorrent to them. I don't see either. I just see stories reporting the facts in a detached sort of way. I do see the comments of people like President Obama who do seem to understand how serious this is. The most I see, in other media, is statements of Mr. Harper saying "We cannot state strongly enough our concern for the rights of women in Afghanistan." This seems true - he cannot - but I think he should.

I understand that both Mr. Harper and the National Post are strong supporters of this war and this is just one more indication of so many of what a total failure this war has been. A war started to catch a bad guy, and after many years the bad guy is still giving NATO the finger in safety and we are now supporting a government that is enforcing his policies.

What does it take to say too many people have died?