Ottawa

Crusade?

Julian Fantino reassures Texas that the Harper government is committed to the F-35 program.

“We will purchase the F-35,” Fantino asserted. “We’re on record. We’re part of the crusade. We’re not backing down.”

Even setting aside the word‘s fraught history, “crusade” seems an odd term to apply here.

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