The best days of their lives

I came across this funny but sad comment on a Globe and Mail story today about how some Afghans are not terribly fond of Canadians:

Just like in the 1968 Tet Offensive in the Vietnam War, when it became necessary for the Americans to destroy the city of Ben Tre in order to save it from the Viet Cong, it looks like Canada may have to destroy Afghanistan in order to save it from the Taliban.

The Afghans won’t be too happy about it now, but I’m confident they’ll look back in a few years after we’ve wiped out the Taliban and have a laugh or two about it. Sure they won’t have much of a country left, and there probably won’t be too many Afghans left either, due to “collateral damage”, but undoubtedly the few surviving Afghans will look back on these days with a wistful smile, much as Londoners look back on the London Blitz of World War 2 as the best days of their lives.

What we need is an Afghan Vera Lynn to croon the Afghan equivalent of “We’ll Meet Again” to get the Afghans feeling better about the whole thing.

Attributed to Jim Terrets from Vancouver.

[tags]Canada, Afghanistan[/tags]