Did Harper yet again snooker Dion on Afghanistan?

Canadian policy on the war is now 'necessarily not Kandahar, but anywhere else in Afghanistan if necessary': Granatstein

The House of Commons voted on March 13 to keep Canadian troops in Kandahar until the end of 2011. The vote was 198 to 77, the Liberals aligning themselves with the government. So the issue is decided, and beginning in January 2012 Canada will be out of the long war against the Taliban.

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