The West’s strategy in Afghanistan, Iraq is insane

Einstein’s definition of insanity is doing the same thing repeatedly and expecting a different result. The West does that in conflict after conflict, resulting in increased violence and instability.

Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan speaks with Gudlaugur Thor Thordarson, Iceland's foreign minister, at a NATO defence ministers' meeting in Brussels on Feb. 14. The meeting resulted in an expanded commitment to train Iraqi troops. Photograph courtesy of NATO

Opinion

BY SCOTT TAYLOR

February 21, 2018

OTTAWA—On Feb. 15, Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan emerged from a NATO conference in Brussels and hinted that Canada would be willing to support the alliance’s request fo...

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