How will Mr Harper (or, gulp, the coalition) respond?

A post at The Torch:

US defense secretary Gates nudges Canada

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U.S. Defence Secretary Robert Gates hinted on Thursday [Dec. 11] that Canada should extend its military mission in Afghanistan past the 2011 scheduled end date...

More on the coalition, Afghanistan, and other defence matters here.

Mark C.

Update: For an answer to the title question see the Update near the top of the Torch post.

Upperdate: One coming result of the American surge in Afghanistan:

US to take command in Kandahar province

Posted by markc at December 11, 2008 05:49 PM