Iraq presence is weakening Canada’s moral high ground

If we wish to maintain the moral high ground to chastise brutal regimes like Beijing and Tehran, Canada needs to stop propping up one in Baghdad.

Major-General Jennie Carignan officially assumes command of the NATO Mission Iraq from Major-General Dany Fortin at a Transfer of Authority Ceremony in Baghdad, Iraq, on Nov. 26, 2019. Canada should never have deployed to Iraq because our mission there was never clear and now it has lost all meaning, writes Scott Taylor. DND photograph by Cpl. Ryan Moulton

Opinion

BY SCOTT TAYLOR

December 18, 2019

OTTAWA—The Western media reports of late have been quick to condemn authoritarian regimes for their excessive use of force against civilian protestors. For more than six months now, Hong Kong riot police have battled the pro-democracy mobs of this former British colony. The pro-democracy protesto...

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