Why Canada and its allies are taking their time to defeat Daesh

A hornet’s nest presents a nuisance. But if you whack and smash that hornet’s nest you are going to have a much bigger problem.
Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan has defended the Canadian military's decision not to reveal details of Canada's mission in Iraq for security reasons.
OTTAWA—Last Thursday, the Department of National Defence held a press conference in Ottawa to report that Canadian special forces soldiers have engaged in combat in northern Iraq in recent days. They did not use the actual “c” word to describe the combat; they simply acknowledged that Canadia...

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