Our newly elected Prime Minister has cited four Liberal "core principles" on military deployment as justification for withdrawing our Cf-18s from the war with ISIS, which is currently being waged by some, so 60 nations.
It is very difficult to see any violation of any of these principles in deploying our CF-18 jets with our allies to help destroy ISIS. It would seem clear that part of our role in the first principle of confronting humanitarian crisis would be to join the other 60 nations in helping to destroy ISIS for humanity's sake.
Barack Obama said after the Paris terrorist attacks that these barbaric acts were an "attack on all of humanity." Deploying our military in joining this international fight should be supplemented with the humanitarian responsibility of bringing in to Canada a reasonable number of the most vulnerable refugees fleeing ISIS. In accordance with the second principle of the need for a clear mission and role before we deploy our military it should be self evident that the destruction of ISIS is obviously a clear mission well understood by the international community. As for the third principle of the necessity of clear and reliable facts before we deploy our military, how many more attacks like those on Paris should Canada require before we are willing to join our allies in the military aspect of the battle against ISIS? With respect to the fourth principle of the need of reflecting the broad scope of Canadian capabilities surely the utilizing of the excellent skills of our highly trained military should complement the other capabilities Canada is well known for in humanitarian aid.
When Trudeau was asked by Terry Milewski of the CBC "If you don't want to bomb a group as ghastly as ISIS, when would you ever support real military action as opposed to just training?" Good question! Trudeau dismissed the question as "nonsensical." According to Trudeau's logic, countries such as the U.S. and France should stop bombing ISIS and focus on humanitarian work. Withdrawing our CF-18s makes Trudeau's words to reporters of engaging robustly with the coalition to fight ISIS empty rhetoric and a mockery.
