What is Canada doing in Iraq?

Impossible conditions prevail in Iraq. However, Canada does not want to be offside with its historic allies so it continues to contribute to a multinational enterprise.

Canadian Forces pictured in Iraq on March 16, 2015. In Iraq as in Afghanistan, the military efforts of Canada and the West are alas doomed to fail. Canada’s military leaders know this but their obligatory submission to civilian control prevents them from saying so publicly.Photograph courtesy of DND/Canadian Forces

Opinion

BY NELSON WISEMAN

June 20, 2016

TORONTO—Few Canadians vote on the basis of foreign and defence policies so those policies generally receive very little mention in party platforms and relatively little attention in election campaigns. The Conservatives tried and failed to game the last election by dictating the subjects and venue...

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