Peggy Mason on the new Liberal plan for the mission against ISIL
Mason: Let’s leave this ill-considered military mission altogether
Tag Archives: airstrikes
The devastating toll from coalition bombing
Are we following the discredited Viet Nam war strategy of destroying cities to “save” them?
Peggy Mason on Canada being shut out of the anti-ISIS coalition meeting
A tempest in a teapot, says Peggy Mason, over Canada’s lack of invitation to the Paris anti-ISIL coalition meeting.
The Forgotten War: A year since Gaza
Writers from Haaretz analyze relations between Israel and Gaza on the anniversary of Operation Protective Edge in ‘The Forgotten War: A year since Gaza’ (Haaretz, 2 July 2015) . One year after Operation Protective Edge, Haaretz sends its top writers to examine what has changed since the 50-day conflict between Israel and Hamas, and to ask whether […]
Parliamentary Budget Officer criticizes Department of National Defence for withholding cost of Iraq combat mission
In a succinct letter, Parliamentary Budget Officer Jean-Denis Fréchette took aim at the deputy defence minister, Richard Fadden, for saying the military’s cost estimate for the six-month airstrike is a cabinet confidence.