Canada’s Back
Heckuva job, Stevie.

The European Union’s top justice official warned Monday he will push for retaliatory measures against Canada if it does not take steps toward lifting travel restrictions on Czech citizens by the end of the year.

Zelaya’s Back
The legally elected President of Honduras, Manuel Zelaya has returned to Honduras.

Mr Zelaya has sought refuge inside the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa, and has called on supporters who gathered in the streets to go to the embassy.

In an interview with the BBC, he said he was seeking dialogue and a non-violent resolution to the crisis.

Lets hope he takes the country back from the rapist dictators that have seized it.

Afghan Soldiers Don’t Come Back
The Afghan Army is mostly comprised of ghost soldiers.

Ann Jones, author of the excellent memoir Kabul in Winter, on where the 90,000 strong ANA really is:

My educated guess is that such an army simply does not exist. It may well be true that Afghan men have gone through some version of “Basic Warrior Training” 90,000 times or more. When I was teaching in Afghanistan from 2002 to 2006, I knew men who repeatedly went through ANA training to get the promised Kalashnikov and the pay. Then they went home for a while and often returned some weeks later to enlist again under a different name.

Canadians Want To Go Back
To peacekeeping.

A public opinion poll conducted for National Defence says half of Canadians surveyed want their soldiers to return to a “peacekeeping only” role in the world.