Disturbing numbers

Vincent J. Curtis

23 June 22

RE: Don’t shut out Afghan refugees.  Spectator editorial 23 June 22

The editorial reported that the government plans to settle 40,000 Afghans in Canada, of which 5,000 are former interpreters and their extended families and 18,000 others who assisted the Canadian mission in some way, a mission that ended in 2011.  The editorial then said that “there’s a risk that those that truly provided assistance could be left behind.”

You have to wonder who is running this clown show.  Who determines who truly helped the Canadian mission, and how do they know?  Why did they wait eleven years to get out, and what did they do in the interim?  Yet, despite taking in so many, we’re concerned that some who truly did help might not be included?   What??

The best estimate of the total number of Canadian soldiers who served in Afghanistan is 40,000, and if every one of them had a personal valet, this program would take them in and then some.  Once again, the generosity of Canadians is being abused.  Another Liberal party voting block is being built.

Anyone who knows guerrilla war knows then insurgents win because the people support them.  The Taliban are in Kabul because that’s what the Afghan people want.  We did our best, but after we left, the people chose our enemies.

Canada owes Afghanistan nothing.  We might owe a debt of gratitude to a few hundred,  but thousands?  There’s way too much corruption and double dealing in Afghanistan to trust many, and those scores of thousands seeking escape are people in danger for reasons having nothing to do with Canada.  Even illiterate Afghans are aware of the Canadian gravy train.

Canada’s refugee settlement program needs review.

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