The Future Of The Canadian Armed Forces (Commentary)

Photo from The Canadian Press

From The National Post:

Last Thursday’s budget should silence the doubters: Canada’s mission in Afghanistan will end in 2011.

While some had suspected that Stephen Harper’s government might find a way to maintain a troop presence there, either by deploying a smaller contingent of troops on a rebranded mission or by appearing to be talked into it by Barack Obama, the budget makes clear that drawing down the war in Afghanistan and slowing the rate of military expenditures, will form a key part of the Conservative government’s plans to slay the deficit.

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My Comment: The Canadian departure from Afghanistan has not played that much in the news, but its impact will be even greater than the Dutch decision to depart from Afghanistan. But no one should be surprised by this departure, after being involved in Afghanistan for almost 8 years the Canadian public have grown tired of this continuous conflict and believe that it is time for Canadian soldiers to come back home. With a minority government in Ottawa, their options are limited if they should make the decision to extend the mission .... in fact .... their options to stay are non-existent. Canadian troops will be home by the end of next year.