2011 pullout not cutting and running: MacKay

Military | 487 hits | Sep 30 8:39 am | Posted by: WDHIII

Defence Minister Peter MacKay dismissed the suggestion that the decision to pull out of Afghanistan by 2011 is akin to cutting and running.

by Streaker
Wed Oct 01, 2008 12:24 am
Well.... Demanding that we remain in A-stan for the sake of dead soldiers is ridiculous.
by roger-roger
Wed Oct 01, 2008 12:31 am
When has Mackay said that?
by Streaker
Wed Oct 01, 2008 12:32 am
"Eisensapper" said
When has Mackay said that?

I don't think MacKay has, but the mother in the article did.
by roger-roger
Wed Oct 01, 2008 12:36 am
They might as well have just quoted some random woman, I guess the reporter needed to fill space
by Chumley
Wed Oct 01, 2008 12:39 am
Connie who said "Canada must not abandon its work in Afghanistan until the job is complete."

"We started a mission, we're part of NATO, let's finish the mission," told CTV's Canada AM.

The notion that the pullout is a slap in the face to soldiers who have served in Afghanistan or even died there, is simply not accurate, he said.

From the article.