Afghanistan no longer terrorism threat to world, Harper tells troops

[Newsjock]

Source: The Globe and Mail

Five years after he first travelled to Afghanistan to embrace the military mission there, Stephen Harper returned to wave goodbye to Kandahar.

Travelling under a cloak of secrecy and security, Mr. Harper marked the moment on Monday by travelling well outside the heavily fortified expanse of Kandahar Airfield to a dusty forward base. Later, in 44-degree heat, the Prime Minister thanked troops on behalf of Canadians – and argued that despite “successes and failures” in a complex mission at the heart of the insurgency in Kandahar, it has achieved its goal.

“Afghanistan is no longer a threat to the world,” he said.

... “Afghanistan is still a violent place, a dangerous place for its citizens, and we’re working to improve things for them. But this country does not represent a geo-strategic risk to the world. It is no longer a source of global terrorism. This is a tremendous accomplishment, one that obviously serves Canadian interests.”

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[erikdane]

1. I don't think it was ever a threat to the world! nt

[bemildred]

2. Afghanistan never was a terrorism threat to the world. nt

[legin]

3. We came, we saw,

we turned the place into a gigantic rubbish tip,

and then we left.

[dixiegrrrrl]

4. uhh..about that "leaving" part....

dollars to donuts that ain't gonna happen.
We will park thousands of troops there to defend the bases that guard the pipelines, just as we did in Iraq.

[JackRiddler]

5. Spectacular. Now GTFO.

Because there's only one credible terror threat "to the world" and right now it's busy terrorizing and massacring Afghan civilians from the air.

[sakabatou]

6. Yay, now let's get the hell out of Dodge