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Originally Posted by Devils'Advocate
Participating in the Iraq war wasn't "really, really wrong?"  |
I have my opinion on that, Chretien played a great shell game and I give him credit for it.
Even if Chretien wanted to participate in that war (He sent members of our general staff to California to participate in a strategy conference and to see what America needed from us and was told that we didn't have the capability to do anything but supply truck drivers and on ground logistics support) We were seen as useless anyways and the American's were looking more for gesture then actual hard combat capabilities. Chretien avoided being completely embarrassed by hiding behind international law justifications and volunteering Canada for what was seen as a more winnable situation in Afghanistan, even though we were still embarressed when we hit the ground there. The Liberal governments position was not so cut and dried.
(See the books "Who's war is it anyways" and "The war at the top of the world")