Scott Taylor, the former soldier and long-time defence critic, writes:"One thing that never ceases to amaze me is the Canadian government’s relentless effort to spin the war in Afghanistan in a positive light. Equally gobsmacking is the number of media flunkies who all too eagerly give voice to this misleading nonsense.
"Just last week, after a brief visit to Kabul, the foreign affairs minister garnered the headline "Cannon sees ‘strong signs’ of Afghan progress" in some Canadian newspapers.
"Given that Cannon attended a one-day international conference that was held under extremely tight security in the Afghan capital, one has to understand that he would have "seen" only the inside of armoured SUVs and fortified meeting facilities. . . ."
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