Today on Listen Up: Mission Afghanistan - the world ponders the right
approach to stabilizing a nation. 3-dozen countries maintain a presence
in Afghanistan. Canadian troops are in the most hostile of territories
there. But casualties are mounting -- and Taliban guerrillas have
enjoyed a resurgence in the south.
Canada’s military mandate in Kandahar expires in 2009. And as the
date draws closer - public debate is growing over what – if any -
continued role we should play there beyond that time.
Today, Listen Up looks behind the headlines to ask –
‘what’s the best way to be a force for positive change in
such a broken and troubled land?’
GUESTS
Gordon Smith
Executive Director of the Centre of Global Studies www.globalcentres.org
Gordon Smith is the former Canadian ambassador to NATO and currently
fills the role of Executive Director of the Centre of Global Studies at
the University of Victoria and has just written a report entitled
“Canada in Afghanistan: Is it working?” He joined us from
Victoria, BC.
Twenty-three volunteer workers from South Korea went to Afghanistan
this summer wanting to make a positive difference. Kidnapped by the
Taliban, two were murdered. We’ll learn more about their motives,
their methods and what they endured from our guest, Geoff Tunnicliffe.
South Korea is second only to the United States in terms of the number
of Christian missionaries it sends out from its churches.
But when 19 kidnapped Korean missionaries were released from captivity
in Afghanistan recently, they felt the need to make a public apology
for the trouble they’d caused by going.
Wherever you stand on military action in
Afghanistan, here’s something I can’t get past. 4 million Afghanis
live as refugees, the country sits at the bottom of the Global Needs
Assessment index. More than a million children have been killed,
disabled or orphaned due to war. A mother dies in childbirth every half
hour. It’s a war against evil. When those who come to help are called
enemies of Islam and are killed, God, I’m afraid has a public relations
disaster on His hands. And we have some soul searching to do on what
price we are willing to pay to help those who need a brighter
tomorrow.
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