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I support our presence in Afghanistan and think Layton needs his head examined.
However, the problem is two-fold: 1) We want to destroy or severely impair the Taliban, and 2) We want to rebuild Afghanistan into something better than it was (which conceptually shouldn't be hard, given what a hole that country is, but which isn't proving to be easy).
The main problem here is that we lack the resources to accomplish both those goals simultaneously. Unless more support for NATO presence manifests, we should target only one of the problems - logically, kill the Taliban and Al-Qaeda before building power stations. Unfortunately, the rebuilding is a key ingredient in preventing more disallusioned young Afghanis from joining the Taliban or other warlord faction.
Basically, I think there needs to be a huge infusion of resources into Afghanistan. If that is not forthcoming - from Canada, the US, Britain, Europe, etc - we then need to consider getting out. But I don't think we are anywhere near that point as yet.
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