To the Editor:
Few will disagree the Prime Minister at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Summit in Chicago, Illinois, on May 20 and 21, 2012 ought to state without evasion or equivocation Canada will not be pressured from the current position taken by Parliament that Canada will be out of Afghanistan by 2014.
Canadian Forces have participated in actions against "global security challenges", Serbia and Libya in the past. Syria and Iran are being considered for attack at the present time, who knows which countries will be in the future, none on the basis of being an overt threat to our country.
Engaging in attacking states that do not threaten Canada serves no positive purpose for us as a people.
It would be best if Prime Minister stated Canadian Forces exist to defend not attack. That Canada's role and purpose in international affairs is positive, to both be and be viewed as being the world leader in rapid and effective disaster response when and where ever needed.
A much expanded Disaster Assistance Response Team.
Joe Hueglin, Niagara Falls ON.
