From Afghanistan to the Ukraine: Crisis and compassion
On October 13, 2001, I took my eight-month-old daughter to the farmers market in Moncton. It was a beautiful fall ...
Tag: Afghanistan
The war in Afghanistan and Canadian media propaganda
On August 30, 2021, the United States withdrew from Afghanistan, signalling the end of a twenty-year occupation. Since this withdrawal, ...
The secrets they keep: Why Canada fears Afghan interpreters
When the first planeload of former Afghan interpreters disembarked at Toronto’s airport the evening of August 4, they were greeted ...
Looking back at Canada’s war in Afghanistan
Canadian Embassy officials in Kabul, Afghanistan were evacuated on August 15 as Taliban forces entered the capital city and took ...
Canada set to buy armed drones in 2022-23 that the military says are capable of “pinpoint strikes”
On July 27, Daniel Hale, a 33-year-old former United States Air Force signals intelligence analyst who helped locate targets for ...
With the Taliban on the cusp of controlling Afghanistan once again, we owe it to our dead to ask, ‘was it worth it?’
On Feb. 15, The New York Times reported the Taliban is on the cusp of total victory in Afghanistan. The ...
Lest we remember
Remembrance day—November 11—is upon us once again. The red poppy has burst forth, and is now blooming on every lapel. ...
Canadian mythmaking on the 10th anniversary of a slaughter
This past week has provided Canadians with a series of warm and fuzzies that, like most of this nation’s mythology, ...
The “training” mission is a combat mission
The attack on a NATO convoy which resulted in the death of Canadian Master Corporal Byron Greff highlights, once again, ...
Leaving Afghanistan?
If you had to rely on mainstream media reports or the latest government press release, you would think that Canada ...
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