text: Latvia is not in the Middle East....it is in the heart of Europe and a member of NATO.....it prefers not to be swallowed up by Putin's Russia.
  
  Canada is acting as a peacemaker, its traditional role.
  
  If Russia does not bother Latvia and its NATO allies such as Canada, they won't bother it...Canada's presence should reassure Putin that Latvia is not about to nvade it.