Actually, that isn't completely true. We're currently fighting (and dying) in the war against Islamic militants in Afghanistan. We have over 2000 troops on the ground at Kandahar, which is more or less the equivalent of the Wild West in Afghanistan. Kabul, by contrast, is "relatively" under control. We're not here peacekeeping, we're hunting down and killing militants and insurgents. We're involved here because there was a direct connection to the militants responsible for 9/11. We've been there since day one, and we've committed militarily for the next two years at least.

Our government hasn't bought into everything, and I'm not even going to begin debating the war in Iraq or any of the other controversial issues. Everyone is entrenched in their positions and I don't think meaningful debate is even possible any more, regardless of what side of the issue you fall on. But I do have some difficulty reading that we're loudly opposed to the war on Islamic militancy when our servicemen and women are coming home in flag-draped coffins at the hands of the same militants. But this is the answer to "why Canada?" Its because we're involved.