Is This What We Signed Up For?

PeacekeepingWasOurName
TheCountryFormerlyKnownAsCanuckistanVille


From the BBC:

Locals in Panjwayi and Pashmul districts of Kandahar province say the Nato raids began on Tuesday, during the Eid al-Fitr festival marking the end of Ramadan, and continued into the night.

They said that several houses were hit, and civilians killed.

Funerals have already been held for a number of those killed, relatives said.

Villagers told the BBC Pashto service that the bodies of many locals had been pulled from the rubble of their homes after the raids and buried.

"Twenty members of my family are killed and 10 are injured," one survivor said. "The injured are in Mirwais hospital in Kandahar city and anybody can go and see them.

"For God's sake, come and see our situation."

Another man said women and children were among 15 members of his family who had been killed.

"The airplanes came and were bombing until 3 am. And, in the morning, they started hitting our village with mortars and rockets. They didn't allow anybody to come to our help."

Afghan Interior Ministry spokesman Zmarai Bashiry told the BBC that local police and officials had confirmed more than 40 villagers killed in the Nato raids.

Other local officials put the death toll at between 60 and 85.


Of course, Mr. Harper thinks it's just terrible - sort of:

In Ottawa, Prime Minister Stephen Harper lamented the civilian casualties. "I don't think these incidents help anybody, not NATO forces, not the Taliban," the Prime Minister said.


As for our actual direct involvement in the killing of the innocent in the name of so-called nation building?

Well......

NATO said no regular Canadian ground troops were involved in the series of clashes just west of Kandahar on Tuesday.


Please note the qualifier in bold.

Have we already become something we think we are not?

.