Canadian Cabinet Officials Travel Thousands of Miles To Afghanistan...To Be Sure Taliban Prisoners Are Treated Like Kings

Good grief....before you know it, we could just as well put Canada on the continent of Europe. My Canadian readers realize that I have gone out of my way here at Holger Awakens to recognize the tremendous contribution and sacrifice that Canadian troops have made in the Afghanistan War, but I'm telling you, your politicians are a bunch of limp wristed flower children. Cabinet member Stockwell Day and Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon traveled all the way from Canada to Afghanistan to inspect a prison and make sure that those Taliban prisoners are being pampered correctly. For one thing, send a bloody aide all those miles, have him take a few snapshots and that's that if you're so damn concerned - but no, these two morons travel the whole way themselves so they can be splashed across the papers and media and internet of the whole world so every jihadist alive sees the spineless Canadian government in full glory - coming to the aid of the ruthless murdering Taliban. Here's some of the details of this mess from Breitbart:

Undeterred, Day said the unidentified political prisoner and another man charged with criminal offences told him they had experienced no abuse at the hands of guards.
Speaking through greasy-looking bars in the prison that reeked of sweat and rotting onions, the suspected insurgent protested his innocence.
But the Canadian cabinet minister overseeing the Afghanistan file wasn't there to look into the details of the man's case. "What I wanted to find out was how was he being treated, are his rights being respected," said Day, who is also international trade minister.
"They both said that they are treated very well and they have high respect for the leadership of the prison."

At his side was Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon, who received assurances from the prison's long-faced deputy warden, Col. Ishmail, that the cell doors were opened regularly to humans rights inspection.

First off, if any of the people of Canada had been exposed to the torture and oppression of the Taliban, the Taliban would be lucky to be alive let alone be treated humanely in a prison. Secondly, it has become too damn commonplace in this world of ours that our soldiers and military are not trusted and the wild allegations of some biased terrorists is held as truth.

Stockwell Day is a bloody member of the Conservative Party! I mean, leave this kind of a damn trip to some flaming Liberal if they want to risk their hide over in Afghanistan - it's like John McCain traveling to Iraq for no reason but to stick his head into a prison on behalf of a bunch of whining jihadists. Unbelievable.

Day, Cannon meet suspected Taliban militant during Afghan prison visit

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - Stockwell Day and a suspected Taliban militant came face to face in the filthy dungeon that is Sarpoza prison, a polite encounter meant to put to rest lingering doubts about the treatment of prisoners in Afghanistan.
It could have been a scene made for television, but camera-shy Kandahar jailers banned both video and still pictures inside the notorious prison at the last minute.

Undeterred, Day said the unidentified political prisoner and another man charged with criminal offences told him they had experienced no abuse at the hands of guards.
Speaking through greasy-looking bars in the prison that reeked of sweat and rotting onions, the suspected insurgent protested his innocence.
But the Canadian cabinet minister overseeing the Afghanistan file wasn't there to look into the details of the man's case. "What I wanted to find out was how was he being treated, are his rights being respected," said Day, who is also international trade minister.
"They both said that they are treated very well and they have high respect for the leadership of the prison."
At the height of the prisoner abuse scandal, Day had told the House of Commons that suspected insurgents were "trained to lie."
Nonetheless, he said the brief exchange in the dank prison entranceway backed up "in a profound way" the reports he had read from Corrections Canada officers, who regularly visited the prison and mentored guards.
"While they feel no system is perfect, our corrections officers have consistently reported improvement," said Day, who sported aviator sunglasses and an oversized chrome dogtag.
At his side was Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon, who received assurances from the prison's long-faced deputy warden, Col. Ishmail, that the cell doors were opened regularly to humans rights inspection.
Allegations that Canadian soldiers had turned captured Taliban over to Afghan guards to be tortured dogged the Conservative government in the spring of 2007 and led to charges that the country's human rights reputation had been stained.
Since the published reports of abuse surfaced, Ottawa has revised its agreement with the Afghan government, allowing for regular inspections that yielded a handful of further claims.
A Foreign Affairs official said late Tuesday that Canadians have not received any further allegations of mistreatment since a case was uncovered in the late fall of 2007.
Prison guards were receiving training at the nearby provincial reconstruction base as Day and Cannon conducted their whirlwind tour. It was a sign of further progress, they said.
The two ministers and their staff visited the prison on Monday. The stated purpose of the visit was to inspect Canadian-finance repair work carried out after the spectacular Taliban bombing that freed hundreds of inmates last June.
The ministers' trip was kept under a tight blanket of security. Publication of their whereabouts was embargoed by the Canadian military until the delegation was safely out of the area.
On Tuesday in Kabul, the pair announced that Canada will spend $21 million in the next two years to pay the salaries of Afghan police officers and prison guards.