-- OTTAWA -- NDP Leader Jack Layton says the Taliban cannot be defeated by international troops and there's no point continuing to fight an unwinnable war in Afghanistan.Jacko ends up tossin' a couple of completely inaccurate historical references into the pot... but that's beside the point... he's actually just tryin' to paint Steffi as a warmonger (yeah... i know) and scoop the "dumb as a bag o' hammers" demographic...
"It's an endless mission. There's no end in sight. We say it's a dead end," Layton told reporters Thursday.
Such a move could split the Liberal caucus and pit its hawks and doves against each other – which would provide an added bonus to Layton and a silver lining to Prime Minister Stephen Harper.It's a gamble... especially in light of the way Canadian troops kick Taliban ass every time these cowardly psychopaths actually stand up and fight... but let's face it... Jacko really doesn't have a lot to lose here.
But if Dion, as expected, seeks a less stringent position than Layton, the NDP would surely cast itself as the sole proponent of peace.
That message would be aimed squarely at the left-leaning voters that the Liberals and NDP are battling for, and Layton was already testing it Thursday.
Viva la dumb-bot revolution! It's gonna be a winning strategy for us.
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UPDATE: What are Jacko's pals up to anyway?
-- KANDAHAR -- A suicide bomber blew himself up yesterday in a mosque in southern Afghanistan, killing a deputy provincial governor and five other people in another blow to President Hamid Karzai's government.**********
At least 18 people, including two children, were wounded, he said.
LAST WORD: Hey, Bin-Layton... negotiate this
Al Qaeda fanatics plumbed sickening new depths yesterday when they turned two women with Down's syndrome into human bombs to kill 70 people in Baghdad.*
The unwitting pawns were apparently fooled into wearing explosive vests which were then detonated remotely by mobile phones as the women mingled with crowds.