Army Hurting From Afghan Mission: Generals

Published March 4, 2009

After seven years of counter-insurgency war in Afghanistan, the ranks of the Canadian Forces are exhausted and retiring, its armoured fleet is bruised and battered, and its senior officers are looking forward to the mission's end in 2011.

Such was the message from Canada's top brass after two days of straight-talk on the state of Canada's military at the Conference of Defence Association's annual general...