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Bragi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-08-10 12:52 PM
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Don't extend Afghan mission, Canadians say: poll
Source: CBC News

Half of Canadians do not support the country's military being deployed to Afghanistan, and 60 per cent oppose extending the mission past its current end date of July 2011, a new poll suggests.

The poll, conducted by research firm EKOS and released Thursday exclusively to the CBC, found 36 per cent of respondents supported the mission, though only 28 per cent would be amenable to prolonging it.



Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2010/04/08/ekos-poll-april-8.html#ixzz0kX3tBVkS
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sixstrings75 Donating Member (173 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-08-10 05:50 PM
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1. I call BS on this one.

I live in Ontario. I deal with a lot of different people thru my work.

I do not know one single person who supports this 'mission'

Dollars to donuts this is skewed.

People are getting pissed our soldiers are dying for poppies and oil.

Get them out now.
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