The faux-outrage is coming from the SUN so fuck them. The altruism is technically not a bad thing. In the absence of any stability in the area though it would be fairly impossible for the usual agencies like the UN (and, face it, this is the sort of thing they do a very good job at) to operate safely. The most obvious reason as to why Canada can't really engage in this kind of effort is our lack of heavy lift capability. With the US going to be occupied very soon on their heavy lift being used solely for troop and material transport as the build up in Iraq begins all over again there isn't going to be much to spare to help anyone trapped in the fighting.
Tonight thank God it's them instead of you, as the sad old song went.
