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'Stolen Valour'?
5-03-2017
It was very upsetting to hear conflicting reports about Defense Minister Harjit Sajjan facing calls for his resignation for overstating his role in Operation Medusa, a key 2006 campaign against the Taliban in Afghanistan.
An emotional debate was touched off last week when Sajjan, in an April 18 speech in India, described himself as the "architect of Operation Medusa," one of the biggest battles fought by Canadian troops during the Afghan war.
Interim Conservative Leader Rona Ambrose accused Sajjan of "stolen Valour" for taking credit for the actions of another, and called on Trudeau to fire him for dishonoring himself and the military. Including NDP leader Mulcair has also asked for his resignation.
On the contrary, a former NDP MP Craig Scott is questioning about the treatment of prisoners during the Afghan war. E-petition calls on Liberals to hold inquiry into Afghan torture allegations.
Amnesty International and the B.C. Civil Liberties Association fought long, protracted battles with the Harper government in an attempt to halt the transfer of prisoners to the Afghans.
Scott has been leading the charge to convince the Liberal government to hold an inquiry into the treatment of suspected Taliban prisoners, who human rights groups claim were tortured by Afghan officials.
"I was trained to a very high ethical standard: "If I had anything, I would have been obligated to report it at that time" Said Sajjan..
Though, I don't smell any malice, in what D.M. Sajjan said-praising him out of excitement and happiness being in his culture-community in India feeling proud to show his work results. In excitement he only missed one word 'One' of the:
He is praised by the Commander: 'Best single', confirmed, as he knew it. If he has done anything illegal then deal with the Law, but the harsh punishment of 'Resign' is not at all appropriate. We cannot make his years of work go down the drain.
If only I was allowed to say: "You are fired", then I would fire and wipe out all those liars, deceivers, and running Ponzi schemes.
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