Misadventure in Afghanistan is worthy of Canada's love of inquiries
April 26, 2010 The fact that Brig.-Gen. Daniel Menard, the commander of Canadian Forces in Afghanistan, called for an inquiry into his own conduct -- specifically into the circumstances in which his rifle discharged at the Kandahar airbase on March 25, 2010 -- will no doubt inspire confidence in the troops under his command and among the Afghan civilians they are defending.
Canada may not know much about how to wage modern warfare, our generals might be rusty on how to load a rifle, but we yield to none in knowing about inquiries. Indeed, conducting inquiries seems to be the only Canadian growth industry immune to the vicissitudes of the economic cycle.
Menard is quoted as saying that the inquiry will determine whether the firing of his gun was "accidental" or not. -->-->-->





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