I'm surprised this posting hasn't more replies. Here in Quebec this is big news. The Devoir today has a great editorial saying that Harper has really changed things. He's the only NATO country leader to go this far. Why is he being pilloried by the NDP for what he said years ago ?

CNN was the place to say it and maybe the Obama "surge" will be questioned. And it seems that Karzai doen't fit Harper's definition (in his statement) of what the Afghan government needs to be.