Canada’s next defence minister – either new or returning – will have to hit the ground running right after the federal election as the crisis in Syria threatens to pull western forces into a conflict with Russia and undercut the war against the Islamic State.
Russia’s decision to enter the Syrian war in support of that country’s besieged leader, Bashar al-Assad, has thrown a curve ball at nations involved with the U.S. coalition.
The Americans acknowledge they had little warning and their intelligence agencies didn’t realize the full extent of Russian involvement, which now includes bombing raids and cruise missile strikes, until …read more
Source: Ottawa Citizen
