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How long do we in Canada, and the United States, and Britain, and Australia, and those other countries willing to slaughter the innocents of Afghanistan, and Iraq, and if rumour proves true, Iran and Syria and Pakistan next too, abide the criminality of "our" governments?
This Week on GR; courageous Afghani "MP," Malalai Joya on Canada's involvement in her country; American journalist and author, Dave Lindorff on escalating aerial bombardment of Iraq and Afghanistan; and, Janine Bandcroft brings us up to speed on good things to get up to in and around Victoria in the coming week.
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Canadians were recently informed by State broadcaster, the CBC, that
polls conducted in Afghanistan show high approval ratings for Canadian
intervention in that country. It's a claim put to the lie by crusading
National Assembly member, Malalai Joya. Joya was in Victoria yesterday
on the finishing leg of her cross-country tour of Canada. I went down
to the Canada Out of Afghanistan march and talked to Malalai Joya and
some of the other participants. The authentic view from Afghanistan in
the first half.
And; Far from easy victories promised, six and four years after their
commencements, the battle for the hearts and minds of the Afghani and
Iraqi people respectively have failed utterly. How else can you account
for the aerial bombardment currently being conducted above Baghdad and
increasingly around Kandahar? The Pentagon, and their quisling
operatives in London, Ottawa, and Canberra, do as little accounting of
the reality on the ground as possible, reminding again that the real
battle is for the hearts and minds of the citizens of their own
countries, the ones picking up the tab for their atrocious actions.
Dave Lindorff is a Philadelphia-based, award-winning journalist and
author of 'This Can't Be Happening! Resisting the Disintegration of
American Democracy,' with Barbera Oshansky, 'The Case for Impeachment:
Legal Arguments for Removing President George W. Bush from Office,' and
'Killing Time: An Investigation into the Death Row Case of Mumia
Abu-Jamal,' among others. Dave Lindorff in the second half.
And; Janine Bandcroft will join us at the bottom of the hour to bring
us up to speed with all that's good to do in and around Victoria in the
coming week. but first, Dave Lindorff and tracking the American
blitzkrieg over there.
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How long do we in Canada, and the United States, and Britain, and Australia, and those other countries willing to slaughter the innocents of Afghanistan, and Iraq, and if rumour proves true, Iran and Syria and Pakistan next too, abide the criminality of "our" governments? 
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