Canada: The Minister of Defense and “stolen valor” – IOTW Report

Canada: The Minister of Defense and “stolen valor”

CFP: In the past few days there have been calls for Harjit Sajjan to resign his cabinet post as the Minister of Defense. While it is certainly possible he might resign if he personally cannot take the heat, or if Justin Trudeau believes it is politically expedient to get rid of him, there is no way he will ever resign as a matter of honour.

Sajjan,  a former Vancouver police officer,  was also in the Canadian reserves and did tours of duty in Bosnia and Afghanistan. His first tour of duty in Afghanistan was in 2006; Sajjan arrived there shortly before Operation Medusa commenced.

Operation Medusa was the biggest Canada-involved combat operation since the Korean War. Although there is no official count, it is estimated 1,500 members of the Taliban were killed during the operation. Some Canadians also lost their lives. The former cop served as an intelligence officer during his tours of duty in Afghanistan.

On April 18, Sajjan was in New Delhi where he was speaking to a group of security experts. The Defense Minister described himself as being “the architect of Operation Medusa.” It was a blatant lie and not the first time he told it.  More here

7 Comments on Canada: The Minister of Defense and “stolen valor”

  1. Honor, integrity, accountability and professionalism are too much to ask of politicians after elections and appointments.

    If lying, deceit, deception and corruption are no longer tools of professional politicians, we will have no politicians.
    Sounds good to me.

    Richard Blumenthal, Hillary, Pelosi, Schumer, Rangel, Durbin, Warren, Ryan and McConnell disagree.

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