More Soldiers Killed
Two more Canadian soldiers were killed yesterday, and reports are two additional NATO soldiers were killed today. In and of itself, this isn't too surprising. When you go to war, you have to expect casualties. What did strike about the Canadian story was this:
Col. Mike Cessford, the deputy commander of the Canadian contingent in Afghanistan, has denied suggestions that an apparent spike in violence is an early indication of a planned Taliban spring offensive.
"Obviously, we will examine that closely, but again I am not convinced that this is a Taliban offensive," Cessford said.
Now he may be making this statement in an attempt to play down the Taliban's resurgent strength. A sort of, "they're not really as tough as they say they are" sort of rhetoric. But to me, what he's saying is that as bad as things have been this week, we should expect them to get a lot worse once the offensive really gets going. That doesn't make me feel better.
