Support the Troops - No Matter the Mission
So, Israel finally pulls the plug on all life support for the Palestinians in Gaza. Nothing is allowed in, nobody is allowed out.
President Obama decides to invade Israel, telling the American people it is a moral imperative that the United States take action against its former ally in the Middle East, that doing so may, in fact, bring peace to the region by freeing the Palestinians from the grip of the Israeli government and finally allowing for a fairly negotiated two state settlement for both Palestinians and Israelis.
The segment of the American population that is always ready to go to war for Uncle Sam because it doesn't really have any other options employment-wise starts lining up to do a tour of duty.
Israel is invaded, the government scatters, infrastructure is destroyed, and the UN then calls for Canadian troops to move in and keep the peace. But there's no peace to keep, really, because the Likud is waging a guerilla war from the Golan Heights to reclaim Israel for itself and anybody else who wants to fight with it against the foreign invaders.
Pretty soon, the mission to keep the peace must be upped to a mission to rout out and kill the Likud and its supporters, who are planting roadside bombs everywhere with help from Iraq. Or Iran. Or maybe with no help from an outside country at all.
Meanwhile, on the Canadian homefront, Prime Minister Stephane Dion and his New Liberal government are telling Canadians to wear blue and white on Fridays, Support the Troops bumper stickers are mandatory requirements on all city vehicles, and every dissenting argument against the Mission in Israel must be prefaced by "Don't get me wrong, I support the troops".
