An Attack on Israel is an Attack on Canada?

Canada’s junior foreign minister Peter Kent says, “Prime Minister (Stephen) Harper has made it quite clear for some time now and has regularly stated that an attack on Israel would be considered an attack on Canada.”

Okay. That’s not something I ever thought I’d read, but okay.

Now what’s Canada going to actually do about it if Iran attacks Israel? And will Canada treat rocket attacks out of Gaza as though Hamas just shot at Toronto?

I doubt anything will ever come of this, but I’d sure like to know what Barack Obama thought when he heard it.