Angesichts des sich ausweitenden Nahostkriegs lehnen Kanadier eine militärische Rolle im Iran mit einer Mehrheit von sieben zu eins ab – Angus Reid Institute
Amid widening Middle East war, Canadians reject military role in Iran by seven-to-one margin
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Yeah shocking considering:
1. Trump has insulted and belittled all his allies.
2. The time to create a coalition is before you do this stupid shit, not after the mess is made.
Even if foreign leaders agree with attacking Iran in principle, there’s no political cover for any of them. They would be knowingly stepping into a dangerous mess not of their making. Hell there’s a good chance that if allies stepped in to secure the straight of Hormuz, Trump would just bail out lol. This is the problem of having a leader with zero personal credibility.
There’s also no reason to – the straight being closed will lead to higher prices at the pumps and there’s nobody whinier about gas prices than Americans. That means that the domestic political situation will remain a strong incentive for the US to keep trying to secure the straight with or without allies.
Even when the Carney government hasn’t ruled out playing a defensive role in the conflict, only 4% of Canadians polled support that.
Edit: there is also 15% who are uncertain about what role should Canada play in the Iran war, but that still pales in comparison with the 74% who are against any involvement.
This is the one thing that I think sinks Carney to back to even territory with the CPC. No one wants them to go into that conflict.