"Over the weekend, Canadian Defence Minister Peter MacKay and Chief of the Defence Staff General Walter Natynczyk visited the Canadian military contingent in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Their mission was to thank and congratulate the troops which are leaving Afghanistan this week. But, even while foreign (including Canadian) troops are being withdrawn from the country leaving behind a complete chaos with unpredictable consequences, Canada does not seem to be losing the military momentum. Its aircraft are taking part in the NATO-led operation against Muammar Gaddafi in Libya. And the Defence Minister used the visit to Kandahar to declare new far-reaching plans for the Canadian military.
He declared that in August about 1,000 Canadian troops will take part in a massive military exercise Nanook (Polar Bear) in the Canadian sector of the Arctic. “It will be the largest operation that has taken place in recent history,” said Mr. MacKay.
The question is, what prompted the Canadian military to shift their attention from Afghanistan and Middle East to the High – latitude Northern areas? Definitely, they must be realizing that the war in Afghanistan is lost. More so, it has never been a Canadian war. Neither is the war in Libya.
But the High Arctic is an area of vital importance for Canada. And some observers are even toying with different scenarios of a Third World War taking place around the North Pole"........................READ MORE
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