Our "National Newspaper" raises the Iraq bogeyman

Anything to cast doubts about our Afghan mission. The start of a post at The Torch:

Marines in Afstan: The Globe and Mail catches up...

...and starts with a clanger. Here's the first paragraph of today's front-page story (note the dreaded "I" word in the headline, and the threat of "Americanization"):

U.S. brings Iraq-like surge to Afghan conflict

LASH KARGAH, AFGHANISTAN -- A force of 3,500 U.S. Marines charged into southern Afghanistan this morning in an effort to reduce the heavy casualties suffered by Canadian and British soldiers in the region, bringing with them new pressures on Canada and its allies to adapt to U.S. tactics and methods.

Hardly all charging in this morning. And the force referred to in southern Afstan is not 3,500 strong but rather is the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit of some 2,300 personnel (around another 1,000 Marines are being sent where needed, mainly to help train Afghan police)...

Mark C.

Update: Real faces of US counterinsurgency.

Posted by markc at April 29, 2008 09:54 PM