Mark, maybe it's not Craig Olivers fault... I'm thinking early onset Alzheimers. Seriously though, this guy should be put out to pasture.
Here's an example...
"Oliver said the speech comes at a time when the Canadian mission in Afghanistan is in a bad patch. "If you and I were in a street fight and we had to turn to onlookers and say, 'please give us help here', we wouldn't be said to be winning."
Wow, some tough words there, although I doubt ole Craig would know a streetfight from a streetwalker.
I'd put a little more credence in Oliver's analysis though, if CTV hadn't just run this story before he trotted out his puffery.
"Canadian troops made significant incursions into territory held by the Taliban in the Panjwaii district of southern Afghanistan."