Yakabuski impressively exposes the Liberals' simultaneous sucking and blowing and cognitive dissonance on foreign and defence policy.

The foreign policy review was full of political red meat for the party's left wing in excoriating Trump and exaggerating his withdrawal from leadership of the global community.  

(Trump knows when liberals call for "global US leadership" what they really mean is mindless US acquiescence in the latest costly and ill considered multinational left wing schemes and the grossly disproportionate US funding of said schemes.  So Trump would be a "real leader" by accepting that the US finance 70% of NATO while his 27 NATO "partners" combine to pay for less than 30%).

The next day, the defence policy review was a 180 degree departure from the foreign policy review with some tepid, back end loaded steps to finally acknowledge reality and  partially meet Trump's (and Obama's) demand for Canada to do its share. 

Thanks for cutting through the yakking, Yak!