2/24/2006

Irrelevant by nature...

CTV
Federal Defence Minister Gordon O'Connor is pledging that Ottawa will follow through on its mission in Afghanistan. But a new CTV News poll "suggests" most Canadians are "uneasy" about the military's involvement in the volatile region.
I suggest that Canadian soldiers die uneasily. Let's do a poll to see if Canada agrees with my opinion. This report is looking like it's gonna be as biased as the poll...

In the exclusive poll for CTV News and The Globe and Mail, The Strategic Counsel asked Canadians if they would vote in favour or against sending troops to Afghanistan.
Since Canadian troops were sent to Afghanistan 4 years ago, should the question NOT have been: "Do you support Canada's military mission in Afghanistan"?
I know I'm not an expert left-wing pollster and all...
Just 27 per cent were in favour and 62 per cent were against.
Negative positive result for all involved. If 62% of Canadians really think we should not send Canadian troops to Afghanistan, then the Prime Minister must go there immediately to help show Canadians why it is important for Canada to be fighting in Afghanistan.
Furthermore, 73 per cent of respondents said the decision to send troops to Afghanistan should require parliamentary approval, while 20 per cent said it should not.
I guess I just happen to be in that "fringe" 20%, that believe the decision for Canada to go to war should be made by private militants. Like in America.

It's getting to the point now that I can't possibly take any poll at face value in any way. I just get a kick out of the increasingly pointless and loaded questions asked, and the news drivel created by them. It's hard to fathom people that read a poll, and then try and extract some form of twisted "wisdom" from it.
If Prime Minister Stephen Harper wants to trust a poll, it will be to his own detriment.
Here's the South Korean version of the same stupid question.