Mr. Speaker, we are talking about the responsibility of the minister and the government, not of the troops in Afghanistan.
Abraham Lincoln said, “You may fool all the people some of the time...but you can't fool all of the people all the time”.
That is precisely what is going on with the Conservatives who, through cover-up and falsehoods, have become entangled in versions on torture in Afghanistan that no one believes.
Could the minister show a modicum of respect for the public, the soldiers and their families, diplomats and this House and call an independent public inquiry immediately?