Bernier Slips in Afghanistan

[penlessej]

Foreign Affairs Minister Maxime Bernier overstepped himself Monday while speaking to reporters after a closed door meeting with Afghan President Hamid Karzai. When reporters asked M. Bernier what President Karzai could do about corruption in the government he gave the specific example of the removal of the governor of Kandahar. Apparently Canadian

Comments

[felis_ultharus]

"Secondly, I think that on a foreign policy note this pretty much has secured the fact that Karzai will not be removing the governor anytime soon. This means that the corruption will continue at least until the next elections. I also worry about the relationship that the Canadian Forces and Canadian foreign policy officials will have with the governor's office.

Any thoughts?"

Aside from that you're probably right on all counts, I have nothing to add :/

[thebookpile]

Looks like it's going to be a long week for the PM. First Bernier makes a bit of a gaffe, then this:

CBC - Mounties search Tory headquarters (At least CBC is using the term "search" instead of "raid" - unlike some other news outlets).

[ringzero]

Unfortunately all politicians have a tendency to run their mouths, even when they shouldn't. A famous example was a US senator during the second world war publicly announced the US Navy's (previously effective) evasion tactics for submarines. He killed a lot of sailors.