You See, This Kind of Thing is Going to Be a Problem

From the Star:

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — Canadian troops fatally shot a man in a taxi that came too close to their patrol in southern Afghanistan, the Canadian military said Wednesday.

TheStar.com - Canadian troops kill Afghan taxi driver

I have no doubt that what our guys did was well within their rules of engagement, and that making these rules less strict might lead to a loss of Canadian lives.

However, there is also no getting around the fact here that Canadian soldiers have taken the life of an Afghan who was not a suicide bomber, who was innocent of anything but some bad driving on the part of his cabbie. The man has a family, and one of them might now decide that revenge is in order.

This is how you create Jihadis. This is how Quagmire's get started.