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The National Post's editorial "A just war" is nothing else but a shout for more violence in the world. The editorial makes reference to a study by professor Marc Herold stating that at least 3,742 Afghan civilians died because of U.S. bombardments. The editorial also reports professor Herold's suggestion that the United States was engaged in a coward's war because it was conducted from the sky. The editorial disputes the math used by professor Herold and points out how the high technological missiles were used to kill the least amount of collateral damage. The editorial concludes that the war in Afghanistan is a just war, no matter the collateral damage, since it has caused the liberation of 20,000,000 Afghan people.

This editorial suggests that the United States should be spending more on high technological weapons so that other countries can be liberated from the tyranny of terrorism with the least collateral damage as it has happened in Afghanistan. In this respect, the liberation of Afghan people can be summarized by the following statement of the new Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Fazi Wahab

"The Taliban chopped off people's hands without proper evidence, and beat people in the street for no reason. The hands should be cut off only if the thief confesses to the crime. People can be executed, but not in the street or the bazaar. Only in secret places."

In accordance to journalist Rich Lowry of the National Review, the next country to be liberated should be Iraq.

The ever higher US military expenditures and the preaching of expanding the war against terrorism to the so called rouge states doesn't make sense at all as we experience a potential nuclear conflict between Pakistan and India. Therefore, it is my opinion that the foreign policies of the United States are flawed all together. And it is also my opinion that the United States cannot take the unilateral initiative to liberate the people of other countries while the Bush Administration pursues domestic policies which are secretive and undemocratic. We will cover the secretive and undemocratic aspects of the Bush Administration's policies in subsequent articles.

After reading different articles and different editorials of the National Post, and after reporting on the National Post's owners, the Asper family, and their infringement on journalistic freedom, I have a stronger conviction that this media outlet has the vested agenda to support the foreign policies of the Bush Administration rather than educate or inform its readership.

References

Pertinent articles published in Ensign

A just war, National Post, December 28, 2001 http://www.nationalpost.com/home/story.html?f=/stories/20011228/978042.html

The innocent dead in a coward's war, Seumas Milne, Guardian, December 20, 2001 http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4323335,00.html

The new shariah: Thieves will lose hands only if they confess, Peter Graff, Reuters, December 28, 2001 http://www.nationalpost.com/home/story.html?f=/stories/20011228/978769.html

The liberal case for attacking Iraq. If there were ever a call for left-wing hawks, toppling Saddam Hussein would be it, Rich Lowry, National Review, December 28, 2001 http://www.nationalpost.com/home/story.html?f=/stories/20011228/978029.html

World Military Expenditures. US versus World. At $343 billion, the U.S. military budget request for FY'02 is more than six times larger than that of Russia, the second largest spender. http://www.cdi.org/issues/wme/

Media boss David Asper tells his journalists: "exercise your freedoms to work elsewhere" by Mario deSantis, December 14, 2001