Western Standard - August 23, 2022


Abandoned But Not Forgotten By Canada’s Generals

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Length

2 minutes

Words per minute

138.41

Word count

313

Sentence count

34

Harmful content

Misogyny

1

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Hate speech

4

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Summary

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In this episode, I talk about the sacrifices of Canadian soldiers, interpreters, and support workers in Afghanistan, and why we have a moral obligation to bring them back to Canada. I also talk about why we should be grateful for the sacrifices they made.

Transcript

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00:00:00.000 Shame on us all.
00:00:02.600 On the heels of 9-11, Canada joined a multinational U.S.-led military coalition that invaded Afghanistan.
00:00:11.020 They toppled the Taliban-ruled Islamic Emirate.
00:00:14.740 The Taliban mounted a formidable insurgency using guerrilla warfare tactics.
00:00:20.700 Afghans shared a goal with Allied forces to crush the Taliban,
00:00:25.900 designated global terrorists offering sanctuary to other terrorists,
00:00:31.020 brutal oppressors of Afghanistan's most vulnerable women and children.
00:00:35.640 As a matter of fact, we lost a few of those, unfortunately, those interpreters and those that work with us on the ground.
00:00:43.860 Afghans who chose to stand with Canada have a lot to do with why many heroic Canadian soldiers
00:00:50.340 ordered into that war-ravaged, rugged terrain made at home.
00:00:54.240 We owe them, and we have a moral obligation to help them in their time of need.
00:01:00.080 That need exploded last August when U.S. President Joe Biden abruptly ordered the withdrawal of U.S. armed forces.
00:01:07.860 They left in defeat.
00:01:09.440 And we have an obligation, even though we failed in this experiment, to bring them here and resettle them in Canada.
00:01:15.780 Despite tremendous sacrifice of blood and treasure, Afghanistan didn't transition into a just society as planned. 0.98
00:01:24.760 Under the Taliban's new Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, the Central South Asian country rapidly returned to bad old habits, 0.86
00:01:34.140 an abyss of unforgiving, archaic laws.
00:01:38.440 Women must cover themselves. 1.00
00:01:40.460 Little girls are sold in marriage to old men. 0.56
00:01:44.140 And allies to Canada are hunted.
00:01:46.260 And their military district as well from there will also be a result of the Beer needed.
00:01:49.460 Thanks for joining us.
00:01:50.800 Thank you so much.
00:01:51.480 Thank you.
00:01:52.040 Thank you for joining us.
00:01:53.040 Today is the
00:02:09.960 Join us.
00:02:10.160 I want to answer ourmas sparsity.
00:02:10.540 Thank you.
00:02:11.120 Thank you, friends.
00:02:12.360 Thanks for listening.
00:02:13.140 But the Dennis, this bullet is gonna wait to forgive you,
00:02:14.300 and we'll come to hear you later.
00:02:14.400 What you think about today is gonna win the fight.