[news] White Guys with Guns: Canada's Military in Afghanistan (Pt. 2)

[Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed]

[H]ow are [local people] regarded by the foreign forces? Well for starters they receive a close-up lesson in peace. "We've warned people they may see soldiers shooting in their villages. I tell them this is the price of peace and freedom," explained an American Lieutenant-Colonel...Afghan civilians themselves seem less than enthusiastic about the foreign forces. Local people often cannot (or don't care to) distinguish the forces of individual countries of the NATO operation, referring to them all as "white guys with guns"...

  


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