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Originally Posted by HPLovecraft
Telling what, though? I haven't seen that much telling of anyone or anything. Is it making a difference at all, besides possibly costing Canada its image on the world stage? Is Canada, as a nation, really in a position to do the telling rather than the brokering?
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Brokering is worthless without the spine to back it up.
Our old soft power policy was worthless, we could broker all day long and basically get laughed at.
Canada is a strong economic power, with a military that at least can carry out some peace enforcement instead of acting as a bullet trap between two warring sides.
Honestly I don't see Canada's image on the world stage as suffering as much as changing.
I really care about the loss of the UN security seat, because the UN itself as a global entity for peace is fading and being subverted by penny ante radical countries who are using it to push their own regional mandates.
Personally Canada should stop writing cheques to the UN until it reforms.