The Post-2011 Mission Dance Continues
Following up on Mark's latest on who's where these days ....
After a short absence, the CF return to Arghandab
.... we see Oral Questions (aka Question Period), House of Commons, 1 Dec 09 (Hansard):
A bit more here.
After a short absence, the CF return to Arghandab
.... we see Oral Questions (aka Question Period), House of Commons, 1 Dec 09 (Hansard):
Mr. Gilles Duceppe (Laurier—Sainte-Marie, BQ): Mr. Speaker, earlier in question period, the Minister of National Defence refused to answer a very simple question. I will ask him once again. Given that NATO announced today that Canadian soldiers will be leaving Kandahar in early 2010 and going to a neighbouring district, can the Minister of National Defence confirm that this redeployment will not change the July 2011 end date of the mission for all Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan?Great - I guess the Bloc can complain about even ONE Canadian soldier being left in Afghanistan after 2011. Some miss the latest PM memo on "we're still considering options"?
Hon. Peter MacKay (Minister of National Defence and Minister for the Atlantic Gateway, CPC): Yes, I can confirm that, Mr. Speaker.
A bit more here.
posted by milnews.ca at 10:44 a.m.
3 Comments:
MND MacKay might have had the wit to point out that we are not leaving Kandahar province, but rather CF Task Force Kandahar is expanding its AO back to Arghandab district with a second US Army battalion to come under the task force (which has one Canadian infantry battalion).
But dear Peter is never one to miss an opportunity to make simple military facts clear:
"Afstan: MND MacKay's miserable failure to communicate"
Good flipping grief, one does sometime wonder about the fellow's grasp.
Mark
Ottawa
MND MacKay might have had the wit to point out that we are not leaving Kandahar province, but rather CF Task Force Kandahar is expanding its AO back to Arghandab district with a second US Army battalion to come under the task force (which has one Canadian infantry battalion).
Dear Peter really has a knack for not explaining simple military realities:
"Afstan: MND MacKay's miserable failure to communicate"
One does sometimes wonder how much the poor fellow really groks.
Mark
Ottawa
Oops! Sorry for double comment.
Mark
Ottawa
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