Mark Carney wasted no time in backing U.S. military action to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. It was a quick decision to pick a side but also to pick from a menu.
It is hard to claim that preventing Iran from getting the bomb is the cause for this war.
It’s particularly hard because U.S. President Donald Trump provided a whole menu of justifications in the eight-minute video he released Saturday – from Iran’s nuclear-weapons program to its decades of sponsorship of terror – but really made his war about regime change in Iran.
Canada has no skin in the game so it’s easy to feign support. But Carney had better hope a Canadian sleeper cell doesn’t seek vengeance stateside.
No pleasure cruise!
Two days ago, the Iranian regime had 11 ships in the Gulf of Oman, today they have ZERO. The Iranian regime has harassed and attacked international shipping in the Gulf of Oman for decades. Those days are over. Freedom of maritime navigation has underpinned American and global… pic.twitter.com/nzdkMVMqZC
— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) March 2, 2026
