U.S. diplomatic cable: "While for domestic political reasons ... [Canada] has decided not to join in a U.S. coalition, ... they are also prepared to be as helpful as possible in the military margins."
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Eugene Lang, chief of staff to then defence minister John McCallum: "For a long time, the [Canadian] military pushed really hard not to be in Afghanistan, and instead be part of a full-blown boots-on-the-ground Iraq invasion."
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U.S. diplomatic cable:
"While for domestic political reasons ... [Canada] has decided not to join in a U.S. coalition, ... they are also prepared to be as helpful as possible in the military margins."
&
Eugene Lang, chief of staff to then defence minister John McCallum:
"For a long time, the [Canadian] military pushed really hard not to be in Afghanistan, and instead be part of a full-blown boots-on-the-ground Iraq invasion."
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