The Canadian Press: “The more you say, the more you lay a trap for yourself with a very mercurial president,” said Carleton University international affairs professor Fen Osler Hampson.
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Carleton University defence expert Stephen Saideman said Carney was also reacting to “very conflicting statements” from Washington about the goals of the U.S. campaign, which have shifted from regime change to pacification in recent days.
“Carney has realized the Americans don’t really know what they’re doing, and wants to distance himself from it,” he said…