They likely are dimwits

A Canadian soldier in Afghanistan had this to say about anti-war protestors at home:

“They look at us like dimwits.”

Yes, those young men think they are there to bring freedom and democracy to the poor people of Afghanistan. Like one of the powerful elites in Canada just took it into their head to liberate the poor country of Afghanistan so that little girls can go to school. (Funny thing though, the elites are not sending them to countries that are at peace right now, but too poor to educate their children or even keep them from starving or dying from contaminated water. This promotion of "better living" is only for those countries they want to use weapons on.) Or maybe they think that they are somehow keeping Canadians safe from the people in Afghanistan - who just want the foreigners out of their country, just like they wanted the Russians out of their country. The fact is – those troops are there for someone, somewhere to make a big pile of money. The fact is – those Canadian soldiers will kill other people, some of them total innocents, and some of them will get killed in return. And none of it will provide stability for Afghanistan or safety for Canadians. And one day, that soldier may think back on what he thought before he went into Afghanistan. And he will likely see himself as someone who needed some real education, or in other words, a dimwit.

And today, we hear that the US forces in Afghanistan bombed three British soldiers and killed them. Now, I don't get too excited about "friendly fire" since it is an accident. And accidents happen in all human activities. I still drive most days, even though I know I could get killed by an accident. But, when you hear of an accident were combatants are killing their fellow combatants in an unlawful occupation of a foreign country, you just have to reflect on the utter waste of it all.