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Michael Higgins: Carney meets the moment, backs Trump against Iran

Turns out that the old order has not yet ruptured

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Prime Minister Mark Carney was forced to admit an unpalatable truth Saturday, that despite his declaration that the old order had been irreparably ruptured it was still very much intact.

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Carney fully embraced that old order in a principled and pragmatic statement in which he fully endorsed the United States action against Iran. His comments were as refreshing as they were welcome because, when it comes to foreign policy, it has been a decade since a Canadian prime minister was as level-headed and clear-eyed.

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Carney’s statement came only hours after the U.S. and Israel began firing missiles at targets across Iran and President Donald Trump urged the Iranian people to rise up saying, “The hour for your freedom is at hand.”

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