How can anyone possibly doubt Harper's opinions on military intervention in the Middle East? He nailed it in 2003:
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In my judgment Canada will eventually join with the allied coalition if war on Iraq comes to pass. The government will join, notwithstanding its failure to prepare, its neglect in co-operating with its allies, or its inability to contribute. In the end it will join out of the necessity created by a pattern of uncertainty and indecision. It will not join as a leader but unnoticed at the back of the parade.
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We should have been there shoulder to shoulder with our allies. Our concern is the instability of our government as an ally. We are playing again with national and global security matters.
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It [referring to calling a Minister "Idiot"] was probably not an appropriate term, but we support the war effort and believe we should be supporting our troops and our allies and be there with them doing everything necessary to win
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Canada remains alienated from its allies, shut out of the reconstruction process to some degree, unable to influence events. There is no upside to the position Canada took [to stay out of the Iraq war].
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There's a case to be made for Canada's participation but he sure as hell isn't making it. He's basically just recycling the same crappy rhetoric from over a decade ago that advocated plunging our country into a ridiculous war so we wouldn't be "unnoticed at the back of the parade".