Posted AT 9:20 PM EST on 14/07/08
Are Canadians getting the truth about Afghanistan?
Prime Minister Stephen Harper was correct last week when he said about Afghanistan: “We have serious challenges there, and we simply must make progress on governance and security … in the next 12 to 24 months. We have got to get the situation moving in the right direction.”
The implication was clear, and accurate: The “situation” is not moving in the “right direction.”
Robert Gates, the U.S. Defence Secretary, agreed.
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