Ace, you have done an excellent job in describing the difficulty in making the "best" decision as to what end is served by Canada's continued participation in Afghanistan.
I agree with you that Pakistan has become a safe haven for the very people that threaten our troups. The current administration in the US would appear to be more interested in shoring up a weakened dictator than to pursue the "war on terrorism".
I so admire my neighbors to the North. They recognize and bounce a poor leader in a relative heartbeat, compared to our stodgy system.