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I'm looking for a little bit of advice, and perhaps some guidance. Having being in the 'Stan twice, and waiting for another opportunity to have another go at it, I still need to do my part to support the guys that are over there (in addition with sharing my experience with the ones that have not been there yet). That being said, I cannot help than notice that there is an awful lot of uninformed opinions (NDP out-of-Afghanistan, various leftist groups and anti-war movements to name a few) that continue to spew forth with rhetoric asking for our departure from what I truly believe is a worthy cause. My daughter is starting her first year of University (U of O), and when I went to pick her up over the week end for Thanksgiving, I noticed a few posters plastered on walls and lightpoles inviting the students to an NDP supported rally to get our troops out of Afghanistan. It even had a camo background ! While driving back home, I asked my daughter what is the feeling about our presence in Afghanistan amongst the students she knew. She told me that the feeling ware rather negative, especially in her department (arts), and that she has been invited to attend one of the anti-war meeting to be held in the coming weeks. I am very proud of my daughter, and she is very proud of me also. Before I dropped her back at her residence, I gave her a support the troops wristband, which she told me she will wear proudly. I also told her that she should attend the anti-war rally, in order to present the position of a military daughter, which understands (thanks to long conversations with her old man) what is really at stake over there and also what sacrifices have to be undertaken (by both soldiers and their families) in order to make all of us safe and free to express our ideas. In addition, I would like to know if there are some advocacy sites that I could portray my views in a constructive and "grown up" athmostphere ? As the number of casualties continue to mount, I think it is important that we take the cause to the ones trying to stop our deployment, with inaccurate facts, biased perceptions and spurious assumptions. Some of the sites I perused seem to be be unlikely to give me the light of day. I have not seen a lot of anti-war or individuals questioning our deployment on this site, although there has been a few brave ones. I was also very proud of the amount of constructive and logical responses to their queries from the military and regular forum members.
Thanks for anyone's input.
Thanks for anyone's input.