Memo reveals Iraq prophecy come to fruition

Little did I know when I wrote about the 'fool's errand' in 2018 that our soldiers would be knowingly training war criminals how to better kill in the name of a corrupt regime.

In a September 2018 column about the then-impending training mission, Scott Taylor included a side note to Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin, pictured right with then-Major General Jennie Carignan at a November 2019 change of command ceremony in Iraq, which read: ‘I cannot wish you success in your mission because you are embarked on a fool’s errand. Training more Iraqis to kill in the name of a corrupt regime is insane.’ DND photograph by Cpl. Ryan Moulton

Opinion

BY SCOTT TAYLOR

June 14, 2021

On June 9, the Canadian Press reported on a memo which they had obtained from the Department of National Defence under the Access-to-Information law. The memo was dated Jan. 16, 2020, and was written by Lieutenant-General Mike Rouleau, who was the commander of Canadian Joint Operations Command at t...

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