Hillier calls Afghan boy's death ‘devastating'
Canadian Press

St. John's — The death of a 10-year-old boy in Afghanistan, shot by a Canadian soldier after a suicide attack claimed the life of a comrade, was “devastating,” the country's top soldier said Wednesday.

Globe and Mail

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Comments, I believe that is the first time a Canadian soldier has killed a child while serving in Afghanistan. A 17-year-old boy was shot too, but not fatally.

The death of Cpl. David Braunhappened and three soldiers who were injured happened hours earlier and wasn’t connected with the shootings of the teen and the child. What a violent country it remains. Tragic that so many die. Forceful peacekeeping is a contradiction in terms.

"I told you so" is usually a confession of failure. Short of rather cynical schadenfreude I don't see why it should feel good to say it.

As long as there isn't a militarily achievable and politically palatable end scenario in Iraq, things will continue to degrade there untill, at some point, things get desperate enough for the policy makers to cut their losses.

From my perspective, it's disenheartening to think that, and, really, this has been true for a while, I'm thinking that any leadership that is constructive and competent would be an improvement over the current administration which is either bumbling, cynical, or both.

Bush.

Dick.

- Rick
_{"Free your mind, and your ass will follow" - George Clinton}

of Left Wing Bloggers.

I was was unknowing and without a cue. I was surfing along happy with the war in afghanistan. I happen to visit this web site. I got nuked with the real facts. There will never be enough troops or money to won a open ended 30 or 40 years series of wars. -VZ

What I admire most about contributions at Agonist is most information found here is 'measured' leftist interpretations about issues of concern. And trolls don't seem to gather here or when they do, they don't stay long.