{"id":37685,"date":"2017-03-15T04:00:30","date_gmt":"2017-03-15T08:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=37685"},"modified":"2017-03-14T11:34:31","modified_gmt":"2017-03-14T15:34:31","slug":"sensible-reasons-to-reject-a-canadian-peacekeeping-mission-in-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2017\/03\/15\/sensible-reasons-to-reject-a-canadian-peacekeeping-mission-in-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Sensible reasons to reject a Canadian peacekeeping mission in Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ted Campbell<\/a> explains why it would not be a good thing for Canada to send a peacekeeping force to Mali (or to anywhere else in Africa right now):<\/p>\n

The Globe and Mail<\/em>, in an editorial<\/a>, asks the key question:<\/p>\n

“Is there a Canadian national interest in sending troops to Mali?”<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n

I suggest that unless and until the Trudeau government can say, \u201cyes,\u201d and<\/u> can explain that vital<\/strong> interest<\/em> to most Canadians that sending Canadian soldiers off to Africa on a United Nations operation is problematical. \u201cThe Canadian Armed Forces shed blood and lost lives during the decade-long mission in Afghanistan<\/strong>,\u201d the Globe\u2018s editorial says, \u201cSending them into a similar campaign in Mali may further Liberal political interests. But does it serve the national interest?<\/strong>\u201c<\/p>\n

Now, I believe that I can make a sensible, mid to long term case for Canada to be \u201cengaged,\u201d politically, economically and militarily in Africa:<\/p>\n