I love to hear the rhetoric from the left leaners ... why are we fighting in Afghanistan. We're supposed to be Peacekeepers, standing solidly between the combatants...

Oh, I dunno... maybe it's hard to stand solidly between the combatants when they AMBUSH YOU.

Click that link to take you to video footage (from an American, Scott Kesterson) of Canadian soldiers from Alpha Company, 2nd Platoon, "Red Devils" from Edmonton, AB being ambushed as they assessed battle damage in Sangin, Helmand Province, southern Afghanistan on July 15th.

Sometimes peacekeeping becomes peacemaking.

Lester Pearson, in his Nobel Prize acceptance speech, spoke of the vital role of peacekeepers during the Suez crisis. He said:

“We made at least a beginning then. If, on that foundation, we do not build something more permanent and stronger, we will once again have ignored realities, rejected opportunities, and betrayed our trust. Will we never learn?”