from The Star website in Toronto. The Canadian paper is treating the NATO-Afgan war's end as if it were a done deal--more so than any other source I've seen. Maybe they're right and moves are well underway to set up a client state like has happened to Iraq. Clearly the war is very unpopular in all the NATO countries. I just find it hard to believe that the Afgan people would ever tolerate such an arrangement. Of course, the Western powers need a face-saving excuse to leave, and maybe the Afgans will provide them with one. After most of the NATO forces leave, they can then put an end to this puppet government.