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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said that he could not rule out his country’s military participation in the escalating war in the Middle East, after earlier saying that the US-Israeli strikes on Iran were “inconsistent with international law”.

Speaking alongside Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in Canberra on Thursday, Carney was asked whether there was a situation in which Canada would get involved.

“One can never categorically rule out participation,” Carney said, noting the question was “hypothetical”.

“We will stand by our allies,” he said, adding that “we will always defend Canadians”.

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[–] unpossum@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

If you don’t like this answer, please consider all the times you heard a politician promise something only to renege later. There are of course hypothetical scenarios where Canada would get involved (Iran directly attacking a NATO member other than the US is an example, depending on the scale), but that doesn’t mean that Canada supports the US in starting the war.

[–] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 days ago

Yeah, it was a ridiculous question in the first place. Asking someone to speculate about every single possible future scenario that could ever be imagined is pointless and stupid. Carney gave the only reasonable answer possible under the circumstances.