Defence Minister Gordon O'Connor had a worthy-but-unworkable idea the other day: Station some Canadian troops in Pakistan, and some Pakistani counterparts in Afghanistan.

Here's the Globe story on that (O'Connor made his remarks to The Associated Press).

Update: O'Connor clarified his remarks Saturday, saying he didn't mean stand-alone troops but a few liaison officers.

And here's a feature by The Globe and Mail's Graeme Smith giving some background: