Trudeau flip-flops on his promise to end ISIS bombing mission
In a surprising about-face, Justin Trudeau who is currently on his first tour of Europe following the October 19 elections, told the BBC that he is he’s not opposed to the bombing mission against the Islamic State (ISIS). Asked specifically to clarify that he is “not against bombing,” Trudeau replied: “Indeed.”
Throughout the election campaign, Trudeau kept reiterating his opposition to Canada’s participation in the US-led coalition to bomb ISIS in Iraq and Syria, and promised to withdraw Canada’s fighter jets from the mission if he is elected.
In fact, 24 hours after winning the election, Trudeau announced that he will be ending Canada’s participation in the bombing campaign, to the dismay of the Kurdish fighters in Iraq who, according to Rudaw Media, called Trudeau’s decision to end the combat mission “bad news” and who acknowledged that Canada has played a very important role against the Islamic State terrorists.
In his first news conference following the October 19 majority Liberal victory in the election, Trudeau said he spoke with Barack Obama in a phone call during which he told him of his intention to pull Canada’s fighter jets out of the anti-Isis campaign.
Trudeau kept stressing that instead of bombing ISIS, Canada should focus on humanitarian efforts, which initially included bringing 25,000 refugees to Canada by Christmas, a deadline which has since been extended by several months due to pressure from the Canadian public, 60% of whom oppose this initiative, as well as security experts who questioned Canada’s ability to process a large number of refugees in an extremely short period of time without jeopardizing the security of the country.
From the outset, Trudeau has voiced his opposition to the Conservative Government’s mission, and in 2014 he came under fire for his gaffe during a question and answer period with Don Newman at the Canada 2020 conference when he said that Canada should consider a humanitarian mission in Iraq instead of “trying to whip out our CF-18s and show how big they are.”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlKnMvBcgyI
source: Trudeau flip-flops on his promise to end ISIS bombing mission | CIJNews English
In a surprising about-face, Justin Trudeau who is currently on his first tour of Europe following the October 19 elections, told the BBC that he is he’s not opposed to the bombing mission against the Islamic State (ISIS). Asked specifically to clarify that he is “not against bombing,” Trudeau replied: “Indeed.”
Throughout the election campaign, Trudeau kept reiterating his opposition to Canada’s participation in the US-led coalition to bomb ISIS in Iraq and Syria, and promised to withdraw Canada’s fighter jets from the mission if he is elected.
In fact, 24 hours after winning the election, Trudeau announced that he will be ending Canada’s participation in the bombing campaign, to the dismay of the Kurdish fighters in Iraq who, according to Rudaw Media, called Trudeau’s decision to end the combat mission “bad news” and who acknowledged that Canada has played a very important role against the Islamic State terrorists.
In his first news conference following the October 19 majority Liberal victory in the election, Trudeau said he spoke with Barack Obama in a phone call during which he told him of his intention to pull Canada’s fighter jets out of the anti-Isis campaign.
Trudeau kept stressing that instead of bombing ISIS, Canada should focus on humanitarian efforts, which initially included bringing 25,000 refugees to Canada by Christmas, a deadline which has since been extended by several months due to pressure from the Canadian public, 60% of whom oppose this initiative, as well as security experts who questioned Canada’s ability to process a large number of refugees in an extremely short period of time without jeopardizing the security of the country.
From the outset, Trudeau has voiced his opposition to the Conservative Government’s mission, and in 2014 he came under fire for his gaffe during a question and answer period with Don Newman at the Canada 2020 conference when he said that Canada should consider a humanitarian mission in Iraq instead of “trying to whip out our CF-18s and show how big they are.”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlKnMvBcgyI
source: Trudeau flip-flops on his promise to end ISIS bombing mission | CIJNews English
