ISAF is indeed a UN mission...

...that the Security Council wants strengthened. Though Canadians are unlikely to realize that, since our media do not seem to have reported this:

Security Council extends authorization of International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan as Russian Federation abstains from vote

I wonder what our opposition politicians have to say about the Security Council's...

Reiterating its support for the continuing endeavours by the Afghan Government, with the assistance of the international community, including ISAF and the Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) coalition, to improve the security situation and to continue to address the threat posed by the Taliban, Al-Qaida and other extremist groups, and stressing in this context the need for sustained international efforts, including those of ISAF and the OEF coalition...

And about this operative paragraph of the resolution in which the Council...

Recognizes the need to further strengthen ISAF to meet all its operational requirements, and in this regard calls upon Member States to contribute personnel, equipment and other resources to ISAF [emphasis added - MC]...

Why isn't the government doing all it can to highlight the paragraph above? Look at this mindless spew from Citoyen Dion today:

"Mr. Harper has given Canada a foreign policy that draws its inspiration from the American right, a foreign policy that does little to advance Canadian interests," he said.

By contrast, Dion said a Liberal government would return to a more multilateral approach...

Such as that for Afghanistan just authorized by the UNSC, M. Dion? If not, why not?

More on the Russian abstention (good ol' prickly Putin) here.

Mark C.

Posted by markc at September 20, 2007 05:57 PM