In the same article, you said that it is the police that should set up in the municipalities and watch what is going on, not westerners such as NATO forces. I agree with you there.
However, in terms of police and army training, what will the arrival of 17,000 American soldiers change? Will it change the role of the Canadian Forces? You recently abandoned an advanced base, which people saw as a withdrawal. Aside from a different rotation in the Kandahar command structure, what impact will the arrival of the new American troops have? Will it change the mission of the Canadian Forces? Will the Canadian Forces spend their time on something else? How will that fit in with the American troops?