As US Forces Surge Into Afghanistan, Canadian Forces Are Preparing To Leave

Soldiers and their families gather for the Welcome Home Event.
Photo from Canadian National Defence

As US Begins Afghan Surge, Canada Plans Its Exit -- Seattle PI/AP

KHADAN, Afghanistan -- By the crack of dawn, the Royal Canadian Dragoons' armor was in position, fanned out across a dusty vineyard for Operation Tazi to secure a key land route into Kandahar from the Taliban.

It was a mission the Canadians have done countless times before in other Afghan places. But, this time, they weren't officially running the show. The local police chief was, and he wasn't there yet.

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My Comment: As a Canadian who has watched our forces fight in Afghanistan since the beginning .... I am glad that they are now planning to leaving. There is only so much that anyone can do to improve the lives of those who live in Afghanistan .... in the end it is their decision on what type of society that they want .... and it is they who (in the end) must work to achieve it.

From my perspective .... that time is now.