Canada's Position on the Invasion of Iran and Syria

Canada's Position on the Invasion of Iran and Syria

According to the Turkish Press and the Northeast Intelligence Network, CIA Director Porter Goss visited Turkey on Dec.12, 2005 and informed Turkish intelligence officials that Iran has nuclear weapons and requested Turkey's support in air strikes against both Iran and Syria.

Anyone paying attention to the region should not be at all surprised by this. Of greater importance to Canadians is what the reaction of the Canadian government will be in the likely event that the US does carry out this action in the near future.

A Liberal government response would likely consist of a verbal acknowledgment of our close relationship and "great historic friendship" with the United States with neither an endorsement or condemnation of the action - at least until after sufficient polling was conducted to gauge public opinion on the matter in which case there would be a gradual shift to whatever the "public consensus" happened to be.

A principled Conservative government on the other hand would respond in the way that any real ally should - a clear statement of support that properly communicates the necessity of the action and a commitment on the part of Canada to assist in eliminating extremist regimes from the region. There can be no compromising with jihadists or extremist theocracies. Any democratic nation that tolerates such entities when they pose a direct threat to its economic stability is abnegating its responsibility to uphold the best interests of its citizens.

During a time of geopolitical crisis it is important for a nation such as Canada to have a strong principled government making the crucial decisions that will define our position in the world. What is truly frightening is the prospect of our nation being lead by an intellectual and diplomatic weakling like Paul Martin during a period of intense global crisis that will likely be upon us in the very near future.