Huh?

The NATO mission in Afghanistan will not be deterred by a recent surge in violence there, and opponents of nation-building will be defeated, the head of the alliance said Friday.

“NATO will stay the course and the spoilers will not have a chance,” Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said during a visit to Lisbon. “The operational plan is robust and the rules of engagement are robust.”

Who was the reporter that actually asked whether a military unit would flee because of some violence?  That violence, mind you, disproportionately hit the Taliban rather than Coalition forces.