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Gen. Gauthier, commander of all Canadian forces overseas, "invited reporters for an unusually open discussion in Kandahar ". They were informed our Forces had withdraw from most of Kandahar Province "to focus on a few central areas." and that "In places just beyond the Canadians' zone of control, the Taliban have established a parallel court system, enforced curfews, and mounted road checkpoints."

Not quite two weeks later Major Richard Moffet, deputy commander of Canada's battle group suggested that rather than an additional 1 000 troops "Canada needs to double its current troop strength of 2,500 to keep the Taliban away from those important areas." Not to extend the zone of control to the remainder of Kandahar Province, mind, but to keep the Taliban away. 

What reason could there be for committing what amounts to professional suicide other than concern for the future of the men and women with them on their Mission.?

Moffet and Colonel Christian Juneau, Deputy Commander, Joint Task Force  Afghanistan, (Kandahar Province) who is quoted as saying  'We don't have enough troops' were interviewed in Afghanistan by the Independent Panel on Canada's Future Role In Afghanistan.

Maybe you can think of a reason for them going public with their views other than Panel and now Parliament having ignored reality as they live it.

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