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AMY GOODMAN: So why does the U.S. continue to fight in Afghanistan, losing soldiers?

ROBERT FISK: And losing an awful lot of civilians, of course. The last report, after the British lost a plane with 14 men on board -- it’s in this morning’s papers -- 400 Taliban killed. This is a report from, you know, coalition headquarters. Well, how do they know they’ve killed 400? Some of them must have been civilians. You don’t kill -- this is like Vietnam-type reporting. ‘500 Vietnamese soldiers were reported killed in the Mekong Delta.’ There are always civilians among them.

It also says that four more Canadians have been killed. And that’s putting Canada as getting a lot of dead Canadian soldiers back at the moment. And a lot of people are beginning to question Stephen Harper's wisdom in sending those Canadian troops. You know, another bit like Blair, very keen to show his loyalty to Mr. Bush. That's the effect of Afghanistan internationally at the moment. It's not the fact that it’s a loss. It’s the fact that a lot of dead soldiers are coming home.

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