[Senator Clay Davis]

The only other thing that can be done at this point is putting Canadian troops on the ground over there. Since we know that's pretty much conditional on the US also putting troops there, that's not happening until at least after the 2016 election, and even then it very much depends who wins. Canada is never going alone into this, so it's in many ways not even up to Canada.

The reason the desert #######s can't be wiped out very easily is that they are more motivated and have a lot less to lose. Those are always dangerous things in an opponent.