Ending airstrikes needs rationale

Over his first three months in power, Justin Trudeau has undone many of Stephen Harper's policies but until this past week, he had not cancelled one that enjoyed more popular support than the Liberal alternative. On that score the imminent termination of Canada's bombing mission against ISIS in the Middle East is in a class of its own. It is also a decision that remains in search of a convincing rationale.
Over his first three months in power, Justin Trudeau has undone many of Stephen Harper's policies but until this past week, he had not cancelled one that enjoyed more popular support than the Liberal alternative. On that score the imminent termination of Canada's bombing mission against ISIS—also...

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