In Latvia, boredom will become our soldiers’ worst enemy

Unless Putin loses his marbles, he will never challenge a NATO alliance that collectively spends more than a dozen times the annual Russian defence budget.

A Canadian infantry officer and his Latvian counterpart in the Hohenfels Training Area, Germany, during an exercise as part of NATO’s Operation Reassurance mission in central and eastern Europe on March 26.MCpl Jennifer Kusche photograph courtesy of DND

Opinion

BY SCOTT TAYLOR

May 17, 2017

OTTAWA—Early next month, an estimated 450 Canadian troops will begin deploying into Latvia. This mission is part of a major NATO effort known as Enhanced Forward Presence to deter any Russian aggression into the Baltic states. Given that Estonia, Lithuania, and Latvia all became full-fledged membe...

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