Harper says he stands behind troops, opposition doesn't

Prime Minister of Canada Steven Harper took a hit at MPs and those who agree with the fact of questioning the way prisoners captured in the Afghanistan war are being handled. Harper defended our Canadian troops when intelligence specialist Richard Colvin, accused the soldiers of torturing the captured afghan prisoners. Harper and his conservatives criticized Colvin and others of being unpatriotic towards Canadian troops and said "I just wish occasionally they would show the same passion for Canadian soldiers." There was some evidence declaring 400 cases of torture across the country of Afghanistan instilled by the Canadian army. “The independent study, which tracked abuse claims between 2001 and early 2008, shows the vast majority of them -- 243 -- were leveled in 2006 and 2007, when Colvin was in Afghanistan and warning the federal government about torture”. Steven Harper responds to these allegations by stating that the evidence is flimsy and assured Canada’s military that he will continue to stick behind them along with many other fellow Canadians.

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