God help me, I've become a social democrat

[CFH]

Just wondering,How many Canadians are deployed in Iraq?Also have taken casualties in Afghanistan.Odd,I can walk over to my neighbors shot-gun house in cajun country and have this same banter of Nationality .

Propaganda smothered us after 9/11.But that shit don't matter to the guy next to you.Nor the civilians,the economists and least of all........The politicians.A Governments dictates do not automatically reflect the citizen's.Btw.....Go Saints

There are no Canadian solders in Iraq. In Afghanistan, Canadian soldiers have been taking casualties at a comparable and at times higher rate than U.S. soldiers in Iraq.

While I agree with you that the gov't does not reflect the wishes of all its citizens, citizens in a democracy (supposedly) have the ability to stop these things from happening. Iraq was a very popular war initially.

Does it really matter though,Dead is dead.The citizens have the ability to stop the actions of the Government once elected, set in motion just as much as a guy flagging down a city bus.......while standing in front of it .

Dead is certainly dead. You asked if there were Canadian troops in Iraq, I assumed it was a serious question so I answered it.

As for the civilian/gov't thing, I do agree. The only thing that stops wars is economics.