Globe&Post: Manley Panel’s recommendations on Afghanistan

Jan 22 2008

Globe&Post: Manley Panel’s recommendations on Afghanistan

Published by jnarvey at 11:34 pm under Uncategorized

The Manley Panel has delivered its verdict on what Canada should do in Afghanistan, but reporters are already having trouble interpreting its main recommendations. Either that, or certain reporters are pushing their own opinions and cherry-picking clauses in the report to support their own agendas.

According to Reuters, Canada Should Consider End to Afghan Mission.

But the Associated Foreign Press says Canada Calls for Extending Mission in Afghanistan.

Meanwhile, Associated Press writes that Canadian Report Presses Afghan Mission.

Well, that’s two out of three, anyway. I’ll have to have a look at the actual text of the report, but the overall theme of reportage shows the Manley Report’s guiding ideas seem to largely follow along the lines of the Canada-Afghanistan Solidarity Committee’s own call to action:

The Committee’s position on Canada’s engagement in Afghanistan, in sum, is this: We must stay. Human rights are universal. The United Nations calls for and expects Canada to remain dedicated to Afghanistan’s reconstruction and to the battle against terrorism there. We recognize that a robust military engagement, with the UN’s sanction and the consent of the Government of Afghanistan, is vital and necessary.

Exactly.

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