I'd start by saying this: As you know, under the new defence policy, we have made strategic geographic choices. We're going to protect Canada and Canada's Arctic and we're going to participate in the Indo-Pacific and Europe. Now, that doesn't mean we're not going to look at the Middle East, but that's not where we'd have the majority of our forces, nor is that our focus.
Canada is a big country. We're not a world power, but we focus across the world. There are always going to be gaps. Canada was surprised, but clearly Israel and the United States were too, so we're not the only ones.