"Fourteen British soldiers were killed in a plane crash as hundreds of Canadian and coalition soldiers launched a major offensive yesterday to drive Taliban insurgents from a stronghold west of here used as a staging ground for deadly ambushes and terror attacks in Kandahar..."
It will take me some time to update the above Queen's casualty list: Honouring our Sons, Commonwealth soldiers killed in the War against Militant Islam. As big of a single day's loss we have suffered today, let us remember that the Taliban are meeting a fate far worse. The last time our boys engaged these warlords a couple of weeks ago, dozens upon dozens - hundreds - were killed in a single operation. The Taliban have decided suicide is a better end than submitting to Western force. So be it. Let it be done.
UPDATE: Spencer in the comments had me running back to the news to discover this, this and this. Four more Canadian soldiers have indeed been killed and up to nine more wounded; God bless them all. But according to NATO we got 200 of the enemy, which puts everything in proper perspective. Tell me this: who do you suppose is winning this conflict, now? Not a question in my mind. Our soldiers of peace are wreaking serious havoc on the lords of war in that part of the world. God bless all the 31 Canadian and 35 British soldiers who have lost their lives in this Afstan struggle. God Save their Commander-in-Chief. God Save the Queen.