[CaptainCrunch]

The thing that really bugs me is the whole "Canada needs to go back to the traditional peace keeper role" statement that May and Mulcair seems to wrap themselves in.

The traditional role of peacekeeping is dead, its been dead for a long time, they need to get out of the 60's and understand that. Its dishonest and its dangerous thinking.

We are if we're smart coming to an understanding that we are entering into the day and age of peace enforcement. Putting lightly armed peace keepers in blue berets between two warring nations is good for creating dead hero's. We're fighting irregular forces who are slaughtering people and they don't give a crap about international law, or UN resolutions, they will kill the peacekeepers dead without even thinking.

If you want to keep the peace you'd better be ready to fight a war.

Unlike the 70's where terrorists hijacked airplanes and bombed buildings, they are no hijacking nations and geography and killing everything inside it.

We can talk about providing humanitarian aid, and I fully agree with the need for it, but until you can guarantee the safety of humanitarian aid workers all that's going to happen is the aid and the workers become a target, because nothing shows resolve like executing some kid from Canada or Britain or the states on TV who was there to distribute food.

When May started pining in her speech that Canada should return to its role as a peacekeeper, I realized that as good as her performance is, she's out of touch with the reality.