Afstan: "The Star serves up today’s dishonesty"

More from Norman Spector:

TODAY'S DISHONESTY

Vow to Afghanistan at risk (Star)

Canada will fall short of an agreement it signed with the Afghan government if it fails to "eliminate" the insurgency – a goal Prime Minister Stephen Harper now says is likely unattainable….

It was signed by former chief of defence staff Gen. Rick Hillier and Afghan Defence Minister Abdul Wardak in Kabul on Dec. 18, 2005, in the middle of the federal election that brought the Conservatives to power….

A newly elected Harper quickly stamped his support on the mission when he reacted to an upswing in violence in Afghanistan by declaring Canada would not "cut and run" from the country.

Memo to A Woods: The agreement was authorized by Paul Martin’s government. And Parliament, under pressure by the Liberals, voted to end our combat mission in 2011, regardless of the state of the insurgency.