Canada’s former UN ambassador Paul Heinbecker, who served in New York in 2003 when the Liberal government opposed the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq has come out in favor of Canada’s efforts to fight ISIS in both Irag and Syria. Heinbecker told the Canadian Press that Canada and its allies cannot afford to turn their backs on the threat posed by ISIS (also ISIL). .He said there is a clear moral imperative to attack targets inside Syria, with the country facing the worst death toll since the Rwandan and Cambodian genocides. “If we take the view that we shouldn’t intervene, at all, ever, that you can solve problems with diplomatic notes and put band aids over bullet holes, we’re going to be in for a world that is nasty and brutish.” House of Commons debated the government’s plan to extend bombing of the extremist movement today.
