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To: Eashoa' M'sheekha who wrote (106390)	7/19/2003 12:48:20 PM
From: marcos	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Yes i support canucks relieving now our allies the germans in Afghanistan, because that operation has the legitimacy of a genuine and broad coalition of the independent democracies, a quality it gained from its valid connection to the war on terror We have a long-term responsibility there now, having decided to intervene ... i've wondered if we might be able to do more to help afghans develop civil infrastructure, maybe get a mountie training programme set up in an afghan style [they'll love the red coats, big nostalgia hit, but we may have to re-work our Kipling recitations a tich, lol], or try working with them to green up some of those bare hills [ideally together with the germans and swedes and kiwis et cetera] - #reply-19120215 .... canuck foresters have done wonders in the past with the species acacia around wells drilled by CIDA in the african desert, much has been learned there about how trees react to low moisture periods, our federal forestry department has considerable literature on this .... it's a long-term effort of education of locals toward foregoing immediate forage for goats in favour of much larger and continuous benefits down the road, this is the hard part .... but it can be done, with sustained effort appropriate to each situation ... and without some huge bureaucracy in Ottawa too, as an ex-fed-forester once stressed to me over a beer On Iraq, we must stand with our allies the indians - #reply-19125113 'The Bush administration is known to have a vindictive streak. It reacts strongly to countries that don't cooperate in its imperialist ventures.' Ain't that a fact ..... we of the democracies independent of Washington must stay that way, we must stand together, never let them divide and conquer us .... without us, the responsible elements of US society stand less chance of regaining influence over their future, of beating back this chickenhawk thug faction currently in control of their nation