What to do about Afstan/Pak Upperdate/Uppestdate: Terry Glavin back to Afstan

Two columns:

1) Jim Travers of the Toronto Star, making a whole lot more sense than usual:

Sleepwalking away from Afghanistan

For more typical Mr Travers see here and here.

2) Terry Glavin in the National Post making a lot of sense, as usual.

Surrender by any other name

Update: From Small Dead Animals:

Please upgrade your Liberal dictionary immediately!

Taliban = "farmers in the wrong place at the wrong time" [More from Adrian MacNair]

Upperdate: What to do about Pakistan (more wrong place, wrong time):

Pakistani Taliban confirm leader's death
Hakimullah Mahsud was injured in a missile strike by a U.S. drone last month. He is the group's second leader killed in six months.

Uppestdate: Mr Glavin is returning to the Sandbox:

How The Peace Talks Lobby Gets Afghanistan Backwards, And Why It Doesn't Even Notice