Compliments

From The Canada-Afghanistan Blog, with a blush:

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A minor shitstorm was kicked off when a Wall Street Journal article (with a needlessly sensational title of "Taliban Are Winning") focused on Kandahar and stated that the city was in danger of falling to the Taliban. We learn that American forces are being redirected there, which is okay because Helmand is a "sideshow", in the words of an anonymous official.

EXCEPT, as the brilliant Mark Collins points out in an epic post at The Torch, no such redirection is taking place:

In fact there is no "shift" planned of US troops to Kandahar. The Stryker Brigade Combat Team has always been designated for Kandahar province (as well as Zabul province) and its arrival is on schedule and has nothing to do with Helmand--so the "only begun" above is meaningless.

You should read everything Collins compiled there; it's quite a linkfest...

Bruce's blogging at Flit, by the way, is really good stuff. Everyone interested in hearing from people who know what they're talking about should be reading him daily...

I certainly agree about BruceR.