Mr. Speaker, of course they have to defend themselves, but the real question is why the government put them in harm's way after promising Canadians they would not be at the front. That is the real question.
We learned more today. We learned that our forces have been caught up in even more firefights. How many gun battles, how many air strikes, how many targets painted by our troops on the ground before the Prime Minister or this minister finally admits that our troops are indeed in a combat mission? Stop playing with words. Our troops deserve better.