OK, thanks for clarifying. Something to bear in mind is that there are lots of people who really do think defence should be about protecting our soil and ignoring the rest. Glad to hear you're not one of them but you might want to avoid language that could be misunderstood, as I did apparently.
OK, thanks for clarifying. Something to bear in mind is that there are lots of people who really do think defence should be about protecting our soil and ignoring the rest. Glad to hear you're not one of them but you might want to avoid language that could be misunderstood, as I did apparently.
Or, I should give up trying to summarize ten Gwynne Dyer books and 300 columns, it's all from him, just read him - and I assure you his views come from hundreds of interviews with the most-revered military around the world.
But his "Canada in the Great Power Game, 1914-2014" (third plug) is the go-to on this matter. A chapter is devoted to connecting foreign adventures to homeland defence, after the starting point of "they only exist for homeland defence". Attempting a chapter in 100 words was a fool's errand.
OK, thanks for clarifying. Something to bear in mind is that there are lots of people who really do think defence should be about protecting our soil and ignoring the rest. Glad to hear you're not one of them but you might want to avoid language that could be misunderstood, as I did apparently.
Or, I should give up trying to summarize ten Gwynne Dyer books and 300 columns, it's all from him, just read him - and I assure you his views come from hundreds of interviews with the most-revered military around the world.
But his "Canada in the Great Power Game, 1914-2014" (third plug) is the go-to on this matter. A chapter is devoted to connecting foreign adventures to homeland defence, after the starting point of "they only exist for homeland defence". Attempting a chapter in 100 words was a fool's errand.