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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
Soldiers are trained to kill.
It's beyond stupid to send them into a situation where the primary goal is not dispatching the enemy with the greatest efficiency they can muster.
If Canada wants to join peace keeping missions they should create a separate arm of Canada's armed forces called 'peace keepers' and train them to be peace keepers.
Leave the soldiers at home unless something needs to be blown up or killed.
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I'm curious and I'm absolutely not trying to be a smart a$$, but I'd love to see what your definition of a Peace Keeper is. Because to me the concept has shifted, and will shift again with these missions in Africa where its basically crazed militia groups.
If you want to read an excellent read about Canada and its peacekeeping role going forward. you might want to pick up Jack Granasteins "Who killed the Canadian Military" "Who's war is it anyways"
Who's war is it anyways looks at Canada's military policy and foreign affairs. Who killed the Canadian Military looks at the history of Canadian decisions when it comes to their military.
In who's war is it anyways it does try to define Peacekeeping missions moving forward and it does talk about the creation of a specific unit that are just peace keepers.