ISAF is indeed a UN mission...
...that the Security Council wants strengthened. Though Canadians are unlikely to realize that since our media do not seem to have reported this:
More on the Russian abstention (good ol' prickly Putin) here.
Security Council extends authorization of International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan as Russian Federation abstains from voteI wonder what our opposition politicians have to say about the Security Council's
Reiterating its support for the continuing endeavours by the Afghan Government, with the assistance of the international community, including ISAF and the Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) coalition, to improve the security situation and to continue to address the threat posed by the Taliban, Al-Qaida and other extremist groups, and stressing in this context the need for sustained international efforts, including those of ISAF and the OEF coalition...And about this operative paragraph of the resolution in which the Council
Recognizes the need to further strengthen ISAF to meet all its operational requirements, and in this regard calls upon Member States to contribute personnel, equipment and other resources to ISAF [emphasis added]...Why isn't the government doing all it can to highlight the paragraph above?
More on the Russian abstention (good ol' prickly Putin) here.
posted by Mark, Ottawa at 2:46 p.m.
3 Comments:
Ya funny how things like that go down the memory hole.....
As for Russia Who needs them or wants them?
ommag, as for Russia, aren't we all reluctantly at the conclusion that Russia has reverted to it's historic anti-West, authoritarian roots?
Their involvement with the world's most menacing regimes isn't the action of an ally, a friend or in any sense a partner in constructive international engagements. Putin & Co. are gangsters running around with the world's worst totalitarian gangster states. Putin's an ex-KGB Colonel, which pretty well paints the picture.
As for needing or wanting 'em, it would've been nice for them and the West, if after the fall of the Soviet Union, the Russian nation had decided to join the free, democratic nations of the West. Unfortunately, not.
Dave,
Another take on Russia which has, I think, some merit until the end about NATO and BMD:
"Fearsome Russia just wants a little respect"
Mark
Ottawa
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