What with this Afghanistan fixation?

Vincent J. Curtis

18 Aug 22

RE: Marking a tragic anniversary.  Spectator editorial 18 Aug 22.

I don’t understand this fixation with Afghanistan.  Canada does not now, nor has it ever had, a national interest in that country.  Canada dispatched military forces there under Article 5 of the NATO agreement, in aid of the U.S., which had been attacked on 9/11 from that country.

Canada left that benighted place over eleven years ago.  The Afghans to whom Canada owes anything number in the low hundreds, and if those few chose to remain after we left, well, that was then and this is now.

The reason the Taliban took back the country so easily is because the Afghan people wanted them.  No one was loyal to the Western supported regime.  Its military forces collapsed, and would not fight even to save themselves.  Maybe there’s buyer’s remorse going on in Afghanistan now, but that’s not our problem.

The reason Afghanistan is such an awful place is because of the culture that’s in it.  Taking in scores of thousands of illiterate, non-English speakers is effectively importing that culture into Canada, and believe me, you don’t want to put up with it.  If these refugees don’t speak English proficiently, how could they have helped us?  Yet, that’s what we’re taking in.  (And supposedly, left behind those to whom we owe a debt.)

Afghanistan for the Afghanis!  They chose the Taliban after 20 years of American help.  There’s no fixing stupid.  Besides, there’s enough in Canada already that we don’t need to import more.  Let them stew in their own juice.  Only handfuls might deserve refuge with us.

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How does Justin square this Afghan refuge business with his “settler” rhetoric regarding aboriginals?