An observation

[furrowtickler]

Canada will not be taking over the country .. just shooting a few bad guys. Russia took Crimea over (whether the people choose to join or not is debatable) ... Big diff I would think.
Maybe with global warming Putin just wanted more beach frontage eh Mustard??

[dmlfarmer]

And if this war on terror is all about protecting the innocent, why are we now taking the fight to Syria, a country in which the government has used chemical weapons against its own people, instead of say protecting African villagers against Boko Haram, which is a self proclaimed ISIS affiliate?

[freewheat]

What about my last post was a joke, Forage guy?

[kato]

ISIS in Syria... Terrorists who need to be stopped at any cost.

ISIS in Africa (affiliate) .. Ignored.

What's the difference? They are all madmen who are corrupting religion in order to give themselves a reason to murder innocents.

The difference is money. Aka oil. Follow the money. What is happening in Africa is horrific, and no one does a thing.

Our PM has always been a wannabe American imho, and is doing his best to follow their lead. When you decide you are going to take up a fight with nutcases who's main goal in life is to die while trying to kill you, you had better be prepared to follow through and finish the job. There is no easy way out of this mess.

Just sayin'....

[cottonpicken]

Isis is a band of goofballs that every man here and all his friends could roll up in a paper ball "cowboys and Isis" ****im let eachother cut there heAds off

[MBgrower]

Western nations cant solve this with war. Instead we need an iron curtain placed around these nations, severe sanctions, restrict trade and travel, no one gets out. Let them fight it out themselves. Kinda of like trapping rats and let them deal with each other.

[fjlip]

Now that is a great idea, X2!
What about those that got out already?

[furrowtickler]

Well the Saudi's are rolling into Yamen now - things are getting interesting

[furrowtickler]

This is going to turn into a religious blood bath in that whole region

[TOM4CWB]

Bucket
Interesting observations
Canada is part of NATO.
NATO expects us to do our part... Within reason.
Our munitions used by Canadian Forces are paid for by other NATO partners, not the Canadian taxpayer.
We need to be aligned with western countries obviously NATO is the only real option.

Have a good evening and sleep well knowing your farm is safe because the fine fighting men and women of the Canadian Armed Forces are truly ready at a moments notice defending our wonderful Canada!

[dmlfarmer]

Contrary to Tom's claims, as of March 22, 2015 NATO has no formal role in fighting ISIS. The coalition against ISIS is US led.

"But NATO has had no formal role to date in fighting ISIS." The Canadian Press Posted: Mar 22, 2015 6:51 PM ET|
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/harper-nato-chief-jens-stoltenberg-discuss-anti-isis-mission-1.3005013

[dmlfarmer]

Although Tom may be right about other countries paying for munitions our forces use in NATO missions seeing as at last fall's NATO summit meeting NATO leaders were asking all member countries to commit 2% of their GDP to defense spending but Canada only spends 1% of GDP on defense.