Canadian_Mind Canadian_Mind:
For the most part, Pearson's concept was implemented, and was successful.
See that was what I was talking about - at one time our peacekeeping efforts did produce success. Gotta admit I forgot about Somalia tho I remember Bosnia and Rwanda. I don't know if the missions changed or our response to them, but it all seems to have gone south lately. Maybe it's just a different world, in which case we should be choosing our involvement much more carefully, and not stay in at all costs if the nature of the mission changes and becomes untenable. Way too much politics involved in all this - where the Reformacons were trying to make political hay by being the tough guys, except they weren't being the ones doing the fighting. You want to be tough, go fight yourself. Otherwise only send our soldiers in harm's way if there is an urgent reason for Canada or it's allies to do so. Then, as Scpc For says, go in all the way, none of this European stuff of sending a few troops with one hand tied behind their back. They probably would have lent more support sending just cooks to give our troops some good European cooking.