Canada in the past has always played a major role in any NATO or UN peace-keeping operation. Iraq being a dominant threat to the west has always denied that it has weapons of mass destruction. The United States on the other hand insists that Iraq has weapons like deadly bio-agents and nuclear warheads that are capable of reaching North America. The US being a super power can single handedly take on Saddam Hussein and oust its regime from Iraq but a coalition of allies would be preferred choice. The first obvious choice for the US would be Canada; which has already played a major role in Afghanistan and in the Persian Gulf. The past conflicts in which Canada has taken part in have been different from which the US is asking for this time, as this time the UN or NATO have not approved it. In response Canadian leaders have not given the US a definite no or a yes in assisting them. The reason is that they are not fully convinced that Iraq poses a significant threat to the world for it to wage war against it. Canada, which has always played a role of a peacekeeper, has never gone on a mission that h
Another reason why Canada should think twice before siding with the US is that an attack on Iraq would violate international law set forth by the UN council. Keeping in view that Canada has always been a peacekeeper it would upset a lot of Canadians and their prominent leaders, which the prime minister should keep in mind. This would not be welcomed by most European nations as well who are against the US policy towards Iraq. It would definitely hurt diplomatic relation with the European countries if Canada sides with the US.
Canada for the time being seems to be saying nothing about its involvement in the Iraq conflict. It is maintaining its tradition of being a peacekeeping nation. Siding with the US would eventually result in Canada violating an international law made by the UN council of which Canada has always sided with in the past. Prime minister Chrétien needs to think about a lot of factors before it should give an answer. One of them being is that majority of the Canadians are against an all out war against Iraq. Deciding against the people of Canada would be disastrous for the pri
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