Words almost fail me. Yes, you read that right. Words do not come easy to me on the topic of Canada and Afghanistan. Amidst the still fresh news about next month’s election, the fledgling 4 th wave of the pandemic, the anxiety associated with the safety of students starting school soon, the incessant news about destructive wildfires throughout Canada, the resounding continuation of despair and loss associated with colonialism and racism, and the opiod crisis amongst other topics of despondency, I hang my head and try to comprehend our involvement in Afghanistan. According to The Canadian Encyclopedia (TCE), Canada sent over 40,000 Canadian Armed Forces members to Afghanistan during our 12-year war with the Taliban. TCE records that the war killed 165 Canadians — 158 soldiers and 7 civilians and over 2000 received physical wounds. Scores and scores of Canadian veterans, TCE recounts, came back home from the horror of war in Afghanistan suffering from post-traumatic stress ...