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Layton: Canada will decide Afghan Politics

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While criticizing Taliban plans to influence the Canadian federal election, Jack Layton threw in this unintentionally hilarious and arrogant soundbite: “…we’ll decide our own policies right here in Canada with regard to the war in Afghanistan.” Umm, shouldn’t it be up to Afghans to decide policies related to the war in their own country?

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