In the 23 October MacLeans, there is a letter from Matthew Parsons, of Fort Saskatchewan, Alta (page 11) which is relevant to Tom Eschak. Your Blogress will therefore quote it in full:

I was involved during the Aug. 3 battle ("The view from ambush alley,", World, Sept 11) as a member of the 1st Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, when four of my friends were killed.

Let me tell you about the Taliban! They are cowards. They did not ambush us at all. In fact, we destroyed one of their ambushes at 4:20 a.m., and at least 12 Taliban with rocket-propelled grenades three hours later. During the major engagement, we dealt more death upon them. If the Taliban think they did so well against us, look at the numbers. Two hundred-plus Taliban, 39 Canadians. They never made us retreat. We stayed at that school all day and we kept killing the enemy.

You should print how amazing the men of the 9 platoon and reconnaisance platoon are. The next time you want to talk about how the enemy is kicking our asses, talk to the actual ones doing the ass-kicking. The Aug 3 battle was a battle, not an ambush.