Afstan: Makes sense to me

No comment (well, just a little bit of economy with the truth):

No deadline for Afghan pullout: PM
Military makes plans to stay past February 2009 as Harper tells troops 'work is not complete'

The Canadian Forces are making plans to stay in Afghanistan beyond the current February 2009 deadline approved by Parliament, the military's senior commander on the ground here said yesterday.

"Our plan right now is based on a mandate that goes till February '09. But clearly, from the military standpoint, we have looked at plans, we have looked at contingencies that go beyond that time frame," said Brig.-Gen. Tim Grant, commander of Canada's 2,500 troops in Kandahar.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his senior cabinet ministers have promised to revisit the future of the mission at a later date, but Mr. Harper has made it clear that Canada will not leave Afghanistan before its job as a NATO member is done...

Mr. Harper's refusal to submit to arbitrary deadlines for withdrawal was a clear reference to calls by the NDP and Liberal opposition to scale back the military component in favour of development work.

In Ottawa yesterday, Liberal defence critic MP Denis Coderre issued a statement complaining [say it ain't so - MC] that in the House of Commons, the prime minister and Defence Minister Gordon O'Connor "keep repeating the stock line that Canada is only committed until 2009."..

Compare the combat fatalities in Afstan with this--yet far too many people misdirect their outrage:

Medical errors in Canadian hospitals lead to 9000 - 24,000 deaths every year