#130435 - 04/17/08 09:03 PM
Re: To all Canadians on ETS
[Re: Mike_in_NKY]
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Loc: Pacific NW, USA
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Bravo Canadians. To me this is what Canadians are at heart - the other thing that sticks out are how many people wear Red Poppies in their lapel, not just on Rembembrance Day (Nov 11) but for weeks before or after, or whenever Canadian soldiers are in harms way. Maybe Americans have the rough equivalent with the ever-present US flag lapel pin we see in Congress, but it doesn't seem to have the strength or sincerity of the poppy.
Anyway, regardless of your politics, I hope we never forget the sacrifice of the fallen soldiers of all nations.
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#130458 - 04/18/08 01:03 AM
Re: To all Canadians on ETS
[Re: Lono]
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Sherpadog
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In our country (and elsewhere) too many people in their oft mis-guided judgment, define their heroes as their favorite sports athlete, television or movie celebrity. However for many of us our heroes are the men and women of our Canadian Forces. In Canada we are all proud of those fine men and women in uniform who are thousands of miles from home, their spouses, parents, siblings. children and all other family and friends...regardless of the political reasons why they are there. When I see TV news of our Canadian Forces dying overseas, the ramp ceremonies, and the moving tributes to the fallen along the Highway of Heroes, it almost brings me to tears everytime. I only hope that we never allow these tributes to stop as long as our fallen make their last journey home. This very moving video says it all.
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#130530 - 04/19/08 02:35 AM
Re: To all Canadians on ETS
[Re: CANOEDOGS]
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Crazy Canuck
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Registered: 02/03/07
Posts: 3235
Loc: Alberta, Canada
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Taurus, let me assure you of the overwhelming groundswell of support for our troops in this difficult and dangerous conflict.
Even people who think the overall mission has been badly mishandled, and that various politicians should be tarred and feathered for it, still support the troops.
I hope that if we can stick it out long enough, the Afghanis -- all of them -- will find the courage to move past the generations of war they've seen and build something bolder and better.
As for me, my heart is there at the ramp, on the bridge, beside the road, even when the rest of me can't be. Not that I believe in war; war is never a cleansing, it is an admission of collective failure; yet there are times we dare not shrink from it, lest we lose things we hold most true.
In Flanders fields the poppies blow ...
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