- Reaction score
- 35
- Points
- 560
If we have any national interest in the region at all, it would be focused on North Africa (stabilizing the new regimes in Egypt and Tunisia,regime change and stabilization in Libya) and potentially kinetic actions along the African East Coast from the Sudan, through Somalia and into the Horn of Africa to uproot Al Qaeda cells and eliminate pirate strongholds. The Arab peninsula, Syria and possibly Iran are also areas that "should" be on our radar. We still have to be prepared for domestic operations and northern sovereignty, ongoing missions in Afghanistan and Haiti, and need to keep an eye on unraveling Mexico, piracy and instability in the East China sea littorals, stand by to help Japan, etc. etc.
Of course we would need a much larger force than we could muster today (at least an Army corps) with appropriate logistical, air and naval assets to provide support while deployed. I await any indication the Canadian public is willing to pay to stand up and support a force that size, or any politician who is willing to go to the wall to support such a thing on principle.
Of course we would need a much larger force than we could muster today (at least an Army corps) with appropriate logistical, air and naval assets to provide support while deployed. I await any indication the Canadian public is willing to pay to stand up and support a force that size, or any politician who is willing to go to the wall to support such a thing on principle.