Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Canada Train

: The size of Canada "train, advise and assist" mission will also triple, including additional medical personnel and equipment including small arms, ammunition and optics to assist in training Iraqi security forces. "We think we ought to avoid doing precisely what our enemies want us to do: they want us to elevate them, to give in to fear, to indulge in hatred," Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told a news conference Monday. "The lethal enemy of barbarism isn't hatred, it reason, according to Hamilton Spectator. And the people terrorized by ISIL every day don't need our vengeance, they need our help." Canada learned the hard way during 10 years in Afghanistan that airstrike operations, while useful in the short term for "military and territorial gains," do not on their own result in long-term stability, said Trudeau. Canadian bombs will stop falling by Feb. 22, but the complement of military personnel in the region will climb to 830 — up from the current 650 — and will provide planning, targeting and intelligence expertise. They can also be politically expedient, he suggested — a subtle jab at his Conservative predecessors who sent the jets into Iraq and Syria in the first place. "We are for what will be effective," Trudeau said, "not for what will make us feel good to say at any given moment." Canada gained a lot of valuable experience training local Afghan police and military forces during a decade spent fighting in that country, he added — experience that the Canadian Armed Forces should be bringing to bear in Iraq and Syria. Canada CC-150 Polaris refueller and two CP-140 Aurora surveillance planes will remain part of the operation. The new Liberal mission will also include a team of strategic advisers to help Iraq defence and interior ministries. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.