We do not want Iran to acquire nuclear weapons or the develop its ballistic capabilities, but I believe the greatest mistake today would be to seek regime change in Iran by military means -- because that would bring chaos. No one can say what comes next...We never support actions of regional destabilization. Collectively didn't we see the consequences this had in the region and elsewhere? Does anyone think that what was done in Iraq in 2003 was a good idea? Does anyone think that what was done in Libya in the previous decade was a good idea? No! I'm also thinking of our friends in the region, in Iraq, Lebanon, and elsewhere. We must help them reduce everything that, indeed, threatens their security, but they need anything but chaos."

[An analysis of Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s special address at the World Economic Forum in Devos, Switzerland, January 20, 2026, by TikTok user @arguablysomaya]

“I don't know if American liberals, let alone American conservatives, are literate enough in global politics and otherwise to understand why Mark Carney's speech at the Davos forum was actually such a big deal in a way that is shockingly honest and clear eyed for a Western head of state.

He lays out how it is the fault of liberalism that we are in this situation where the transatlantic partnership might be torn apart and he places correctly the culpability of the entire West in upholding America as an empire and as a superpower.

He admits that the international rules based order has been a farce, selectively applied to countries based on whether or not there are an ally or an adversary of the United States. And he goes on to specify that because of Canada's relationship with the US, it has benefited from the loots of US imperialism.