Tough Choice

Senate tour in Kandahar
BY MIKE BLANCHFIELD CANWEST NEWS SERVICE
OTTAWA
After months of delay and controversy, the Canadian Senate committee on security and defence has finally reached Kandahar.

Members of the Senate committee arrived under a shroud of secrecy and security at the main southern Afghanistan NATO air base where Canada’s 2,500 troops are stationed.

“They’re happy, they’re busy and they’re convinced — and I think they have reason to be convinced — that they are making progress in bringing improved quality of life to this very troubled part of Afghanistan,” Conservative Senator Michael Meighen, the committee’s co-chair, told CTV’s Canada AM.

The committee plans to meet groups of soldiers without their superiors to encourage them to speak candidly about their concerns.

Hmmm... What would someone rather do with their time in the week before Christmas:

A. Spend a couple hours talking to Canadian Senators about their concerns;

B. anything but A

It's times like this that you hope you're not on someone's shit list.