>> "Canada dosen't need to send more men and women out to fight a war that has nothing to do with us"
> Obviously you feel that Canada isn't affected by what's going on in the world. So just watch the war and complain about it.
How does that justify the invasion of, war in, and occupation of, Iraq?
>> "We are fighting for a country that dosen't even like us"
> Not really sure how you can make this judgment; exactly how many people from the "country that doesn't even like us" do you know?
Read the news, and you will find polls of Iraqi's attitudes. You will find that the U.S. is very unpopular, and getting progressively less so.
USA Today, April 2004:
In reply to:
Only a third of the Iraqi people now believe that the American-led occupation of their country is doing more good than harm, and a solid majority support an immediate military pullout even though they fear that could put them in greater danger, according to a new USA TODAY/CNN/Gallup Poll.
It's also sad how much U.S.'s image has slipped in the world (Pew Research Center). That can't be good for the U.S.'s strategic interests.
>> "Why should we send more men and women out to die"
> Whether you send Canadians to war to die, or not, if Canadians stick their heads in the stand with the "it's them, not us" mentality, they will die on their own soil from the effects of this war, it's only a matter of time.
So then you assume any action, no matter how misguided or ineffective, is necessary in order to get the terrorists attention? We've made a lot of enemies during the occupation of Iraq. The pipeline of terrorists is getting longer. We are in much graver danger now than we were two years ago.
The sad thing is that the invasion of Afghanistan actually was justified, but the U.S. got distracted in Iraq and didn't finish the job; they did not secure the country outside of Kabul. The Taliban is having a resurgence, and much of the country is run by war lords. Afghanistan has become a huge source of opium.
"Just doing something" is not a good strategy for fighting terrorism. Shooting yourself in the foot does not advance your interests.