Still time to rethink giving arms to Kurds

Is training young men to be soldiers and giving arms the pathway to peace?
Two Canadian Griffon helicopters fly through a village in northern Iraq on Nov. 23.
OTTAWA—It was with very little fanfare that Canada announced last week that the Iraqi government has finally agreed to let it provide weapons to Kurdish militiamen. The weapons were originally promised by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau back in February, but that’s when things got a little bit sti...

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