THEY STILL DON'T GET IT:

Senate panel: Canada should withdraw from Afghanistan unless NATO delivers (The Associated Pres, February 12, 2007)

Canada should consider withdrawing from Afghanistan unless its NATO allies deliver additional troops to the international mission, a Senate committee recommended Monday.

In a 45-page report, the Senate's national security and defense committee described the mission of stabilizing Afghanistan as an uphill battle that could take decades.

It also cast the mission as a major test for NATO in the post-Cold War era -- and suggested Canada should consider a pullout if other NATO countries refuse to pitch in more troops.

"We expect the allies to step up," said Senator Colin Kenny, the committee chair.

Canada doesn't have European allies--it has the Brits and Americans.

Posted by Orrin Judd at February 13, 2007 7:25 PM