Now is our chance to get out of an alliance which has been sold as solid gold when in fact it has got Canada into a war. Article 5 of the NATO agreement is ludicrous. It has been sold as joint defense when it can and has been used offensively. Propaganda works.

The US since WW2 has been involved in the Middle East and environs. It financed and armed the takeover of land in Palestine, including land occupied by Muslims. When the Muslims responded with 9/11 the US used Article 5 to bludgeon NATO countries to join it in attacking Afghanistan. To repeat, the US had been attacking Muslim countries for decades and when the Muslims respond, Article 5 is implemented. The aggressor gets help.

Clearly the victim of an attack should be helped. To help the aggressor leads invariably to our current situation, helping the aggressor. The aggressor has nothing to lose by attacking an innocent or any country. 

Article 5 should be modified or Canada leaves NATO.