Canada The Tail of The Dog

During the past weeks I have watching a tragic series of events that shock me into thinking that little or no good will happen from our governments action in the Middle East or Syria. We have always been a peace keeping nation who were proud of our independent decision making in world affairs. It seems at the present time when the United Stated gets involved in decisions on the international stage Canadians, mainly our PM and of course our unqualified external affairs minister Baird say...ME TOO.

This lack of a policy which should be strictly Canadian could send us into another unwanted situation where we put our service men in danger. The President of the USA had the support of Congress when he made his policy statement but Canada"s Prime Minister will not discuss these important matters with the people who should be making these decisions in concert with or PM. Our house of Commons is being sidetracked. Yes the PM invited the two opposition leaders to the meeting in Iraq but came up short when asked if he would have a discussion with Parliament if more plans of engagement are made after 30 days.

Everyone knows how many troops are going to Iraq from the USA but our foreign minister does not how many of our special forces are on the ground now or when the total has boots on the ground. This one or two man show does not auger well for this country as there is mistrust and uncertainty when answers are not given to people who should know.

Canadian sending advisors to the Kurds should ring a bell as advisors usually become involved in other ways. The thirty day review is troublesome as the USA is not going to remain uninvolved and they are going to ask Canada to to become more involved. I wonder if we really have a plan...a secret plan that will be shared after decisions are made.

Remember the promise by this PM and Conservative Government for open and honest government with transparency.