The decision to suspend the Kurdish training and assistance mission underscores the need for a broader Canadian plan going forward.
Canada lacks coherent Iraqi assistance plan

The decision to suspend the Kurdish training and assistance mission underscores the need for a broader Canadian plan going forward.
The Trump administration must be careful to avoid playing into the hands of Islamic State and other violent extremists.
There can be no expectation that our military interventions will do more good than the obvious disaster they are.
Canada should instead throw its support wholeheartedly behind UN-facilitated peace negotiations and participate actively in the Vienna process of the Syrian Support Group.