An NYT story paints a road constructed in Afghanistan's Panjwaii district (by Canadian troops, at a cost of Canadian blood) as being emblematic of what's wrong with the mission there.

The U.S. recognizes that for better or worse, Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf is still the best  least worst son-of-a-bitch they have there in the "war on terror," but still, al Qaeda seems to be settling into the tribal areas quite nicely.