We have no immediate interests in either Africa or the Middle East. These are 'luxury' missions we do because it makes us look good on the international stage. In that context, we should do them with the minimum life risk and the maximum financial returns. Use proxies in the region to do the dying, while also charging those countries for our security/military services. We should also make them sign preferential contracts for Canadian weapons and equipment. In this way, we could basically make the Canadian Armed Forces and our defence industry completely funded by outsourcing contracts for security in Africa and the Middle East, thus saving tax payers a vast sum.