Anti-war talk

The anti-war shriek reached a new pitch on Friday, with perhaps the dumbest words to come out of a Western (pseudo-) leader's mouth yet. Canadian Jack Layton, who leads the New Democrats, called for his country to pull its troops from Afghanistan. Amazingly, the most objectionable part of his statement was not the suggestion of immediate withdrawal. Instead, Layton asserted that it would be a good idea to negotiate with the terror-loving Taliban.

Huh?

The Taliban are terrorists. To give them a seat at the table is just laughable. Layton clearly has a few lessons to learn about common sense and respecting those who have died trying to rid Afghanistan of its Taliban influence. For starters, a sane (the coalition) can not discuss anything with the insane (the Taliban). If Layton and the NDP can't grasp that, they cannot be helped.

I guess Layton and his buddies who agree (There are many, as you'll see if you read the papers up there.) really think that nobody dies in war.

The saddest part of this kind of fringespeak is it will eventually migrate south. It's only a matter of time before the American anti-war crowd starts talking from the same playbook as Layton.

And there's no negotiating with them, either.