'The Taliban Are Terrorists' by Eric Margolis

Canadian troops are not social workers and won’t change local customs. Only naïve fools think they could. American and Canadian journalists who rushed to Afghanistan see none of this because they stay safely “embedded” with occupation forces. They get the usual cook’s tour and cheery assessments, and are fed PR handouts. Cheerleading for war and flag-waving may sell papers, but it is not responsible journalism.