Canadian Cynic: Dear Canadian military: Remember, this is what you're dying for.

Thursday, March 11, 2010

140+ Canadian dead in Afghanistan ... for this? Oh, but we're rebuilding schools and stuff. Quite right. Carry on.

thwap said...: You can argue with those stupid fuckers until you're blue in the face.

Best just to ignore them, when and if the sane people ever return to power in this country.

About the only criticism i have of that CBC piece is that there isn't enough mention of the West's corruption and brutality. Most of the "aid" that went into that country (a fraction of what was promised) went right back out again in the pockets of Western corporations that did very little work with the money, when they didn't just skim-off a fee and sub-contract it to someone more local.; 1:38 PM
Ti-Guy said...: ...is that there isn't enough mention of the West's corruption and brutality. Most of the "aid" that went into that country (a fraction of what was promised) went right back out again in the pockets of Western corporations that did very little work with the money, when they didn't just skim-off a fee and sub-contract it to someone more local.

What corruption? That's just business.

I was listening to an episode of the extremely fatuous NPR podcast Planet Money a couple of weeks ago. The burbling hosts were astonished to find out how low the US ranked on Transparency International's index of corruption. They actually believed the US would be up in the top three, (least corrupt) instead of in 19th place.

I honestly don't think business people even recognise corruption anymore. Never have, really.

Oh, well. Thank God for Afghanistan...The Graveyard of Empires.; 2:14 PM

Thursday, March 11, 2010