[Jimambol]

You don't need to engage in petty number games, man. I think Canada can indeed depart with their heads held high.

Im not sure they can. This isnt about numbers. The mission doesnt end once some number of casualties or deployments is met. What about your allies? What about your comittment to NATO? To the mission that your allies are STILL engaged in and dying for. How does Canada or any other NATO country sit at home and watch their NATO allies die?

NATO-ISAF key priorities in Afghanistan are to:

protect the Afghan people;
build the capacity of the Afghan security forces so they can take lead responsibility for security in their own country;
counter the insurgency; and
enable the delivery of stronger governance and development.