Here is a great posting about the excellent work the Canadian military is doing in Afghanistan. A lot of the idealogues and politicians on each side of the border bash each other over the War on Terror issue; granted the US-Canada relationship has improved recently with the new Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper. However as is usually the case, the reality of the US-Canada relationship is quite different for those who serve in each nation's armed forces.


Canada just a few days had 4 soldiers killed in Afghanistan causing the Canadians to have the second highest total of casualties behind the United States in Afghanistan with a total of 23 Canadians killed in action in Afghanistan. Despite this Canada continues to maintain 2,300 soldiers fighting the terrorists in Afghanistan. It is important to remember who America's real allies are and Canada is definitely one of them.


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