See-no-evil approach puts good soldiers in a tough spot

After all that time and money, we still can’t tell the good guys from the war criminals. Even with the video evidence.

Canadian Armed Forces infantrymen deployed on Joint Task Force Operation-Impact board a CC-130J Hercules for Iraq to begin their seven-month tour, at Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait on Nov. 27, 2019. On March 30, Canada extended Operation Impact, the mission to Iraq and the Middle East, for one more year. DND photograph by Cpl. Jerome Lessard

Opinion

BY SCOTT TAYLOR

May 19, 2021

OTTAWA—Last week, a very disturbing story surfaced in the media which once again clearly illustrates how the Canadian military leadership is totally out of its depth in Iraq. My colleague David Pugliese at the Ottawa Citizen

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