Blame Canada

[Paul Prescod]

No...I'm not talking about the Canadian border. I'm talking about an
alternate reality where it slowly became clear that the terrorists were
Quebec secessionists and the line of blame might go as high as Canada's
French-Canadian Prime Minister (hiding all these years under the cloak
of a federalist).

Would the US bomb Ottawa and Toronto into the ground? Or would they
instead offer Canada the option of opening itself up to a full
investigation of the situation and criminal proceedings in the court of
US choice. I claim they would do the latter. They would do so because
Americans understand that the Canadian people are not necessarily behind
the actions of our extremists and our leaders. That is ten times more
true for Afghanistan where the "leadership" is whoever has one the war
of attrition for now.

Americans have Canadian relatives, friends, and business partners. We do
not know Afghani non-combatants personally nor interact with them
professional. That does not make them irrelevant or non-existent.
Afghanistan should be given the opportunity to cooperate before it is
attacked. And once it is attacked we should avoid the cowardly MO of
trading 10 or 20 civilian lives for a single American life. Military men
should consider it their responsibility to protect civilians of all
nations.

 Paul Prescod