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OTTAWA — Members of Parliament voted to keep Canada's fight in Afghanistan going until 2011, even though the financial and human costs remain shrouded in the fog of war.

The Conservative government, backed by the Liberals, passed a motion that extends the deployment of troops, as long as certain conditions are met. The vote was 198-77 in favour, with the NDP and Bloc Quebecois...

SUPPOSE that, five years ago, George Bush had asked every American household to stump up $25,000 to pay for an imminent war on Iraq. How would they have responded?

That money, suitably husbanded, would have paid for arming, provisioning and remunerating the troops; treating the wounded; and restoring the army's strength in the aftermath. It would have paid just compensation for the...

The timing of Cheney's visit is as important as the guest himself. His expedition coincides with the resignation of Adm. William Fallon, head of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) stretching from the Middle East to Afghanistan. Adm. Fallon had described U.S. State Secretary Robert Gates as “one of the best strategic thinkers in uniform today." He was a panelist at the...

Critics have questioned some of the authors' estimates, since these were first rehearsed in an academic paper in 2006. The head of the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office, for example, thinks that paper overestimated the burden of brain injuries, overstated the cost of replacing munitions and equipment, and misattributed other military expenses. But the authors have taken pains to...