By Murray Brewster
THE CANADIAN PRESS
Harjit Sajjan, Canada’s new defence minister, is uniquely qualified to know how Ottawa’s abstract policy decisions can be bent, twisted and mangled in the far-flung corners of the globe – sometimes to the detriment of those in uniform.
He’ll need every ounce of that special understanding as he guides Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government through reshaping the country’s war against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), and braces against a resurgent Russia.
Sajjan’s experience was earned the hard way: one tour in Bosnia and three in Afghanistan as a special liaison officer who compiled the intelligence …read more
Source: Ottawa Citizen
