The fighting left

Terry Glavin deals with Afghanistan (noting "a thorough whitewash of the Taliban, if you can bear it"), pacifism and Iran:

What Effective Progressive Activism Really Looks Like

...Mugabe (for what it's worth, I lean to the just-shoot-the-bastard side of the debates)...

Mark C.

Update: Mr Glavin has drawn this well-reasoned article in the straight.com to my attention--note the authors:

Canadian soldiers aren't dying for nothing in Afghanistan

[...]

Sverre Frisch studies political science at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. He spent five years as an officer with the Norwegian Army, including two tours as a peacekeeper in the Balkans. Tylere Couture is a captain with the Canadian Forces and recently returned from a seven-month tour in Afghanistan with the Kandahar Provincial Reconstruction Team in Kandahar City. Couture and Frisch are both members of the UBC chapter of the Canada-Afghanistan Solidarity Committee.

Posted by markc at December 22, 2008 08:05 PM