Mr. Speaker, I do not think anyone in the House wants to put our own in harm's way. I firmly believe that none of us want to do that, any more than any of us want terminal cancer.
However, these are not just kidnappers or murderers. They are beheading children and forcing parents to bury their children alive. If the folks who are now offering to do this to Canadians are not our enemies, then who is? Whoever was an enemy of Canada? The Taliban? Hitler?
These are difficult decisions. The Liberals sent our troops to fight the Taliban. This is the time to do the same.
The NDP are obfuscating and want more time. Time is of the essence. People are dying right now.
I know the leader of the Liberal opposition has an obsession with phallic symbols. That is immature and inappropriate.
Could the minister tell us what would happen if we were to wait longer, since people are dying today?