As U.S. surge begins, Canada begins total exit planning. So General MacCHRYSTAL,

[UTUSN]

our surge is due to be over when? About the same time as everybody else's leaving? Give or take some bottlenecks. Oh, now I get it.


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http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5hFcEXMFe4YHmbeKF0_By5_XTj9Ig

Passing the torch: As US starts Afghan surge, dug-in Canadians plan exit

By Eric Talmadge (CP)

.... Fighting its bloodiest conflict since the Korean War, Canada has paid a heavy price - 139 Canadian troops have died. With about 2,800 soldiers in the country, the third-largest contingent in the U.S.-led coalition, the Canadians have taken more casualties, proportionately, than any other.

But by the end of next year, they will be gone. ....

"It's all good news," said Lt. Col. Simon Bernard of Task Force Kandahar. "The U.S. tsunami is coming. We talk a lot about the surge of troops, but it is also a civilian surge. The bottleneck will be the Afghan capacity to handle all the resources coming in." ....

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[Echo In Light]

1. K&R

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

2. Pissing in the wind. We lost. Get out. Get over it.