I don't like Trudeau's approach on this, even though I'm unsure if bombing is the best counter terrorism tactic in the long run. You have to make decisions based on the temperature of things internationally, and clearly, that temperature has changed again. If you are going to be part of a comprehensive counter terrorism effort you need to engage with your allies in a fully coordinated effort, I don't think you can just pick and choose which aspects you want to participate in. If the consensus is a military effort is required, you probably need to back them on it.
The way I understand it, if the French invoke article 5 of NATO we pretty much have to go anyways -- otherwise NATO isn't worth the paper its printed on, and we give up our most important security alliance.
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A few weeks after crashing head-first into the boards (denting his helmet and being unable to move for a little while) following a hit from behind by Bob Errey, the Calgary Flames player explains:
"I was like Christ, lying on my back, with my arms outstretched, crucified"
-- Frank Musil - Early January 1994
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