by Anura Guruge
on February 11, 2023
The irony is that this, i.e., shooting intruders, is all about protecting & defending the integrity of your air sovereignty. So, it seems very strange that Canada would INVITE another nation, the U.S. be it, to enter its sovereign air space & moreover shoot down something over its country. Pretty astounding. In my opinion a bad precedent.
Yes, yes, yes, Canada & the U.S. are NATO members (with their ‘one for all’ etc. etc.), belong together to NORAD etc. etc. But, Canada does have its own Air Force with at least 80 operational CF-188 Hornet fighter jets. And, furthermore, some of these were scrambled. So, the Canadian pilots hung around watching while the Americans did the shooting.
I have to think the Canadian Air Force is not too happy about this. Kind of insulting. I also assume that quite a few Canadians are upset.
What was ‘Justin Trudeau‘ smoking?
In my opinion this was a big miscalculation on the part of Trudeau. He should have let his pilots do the job & take the honors.
