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 GP> the achievements of its sons and daughters as the rest of
 GP> the world is completely unaware of them. The Canadians
 GP> proudly say of themselves - and are unheard by anyone
 GP> else - that 1% of the world's population has provided 10%
 GP> of the world's peacekeeping forces. Canadian soldiers in
 GP> the past half century have been the greatest peacekeepers
 GP> on Earth - in 39 missions on UN mandates, and six on non-
 GP> UN peacekeeping duties, from Vietnam to East Timor, from
 GP> Sinai to Bosnia.

 GP> Yet the only foreign engagement that has entered the
 GP> popular on-Canadian imagination was the sorry affair in
 GP> Somalia, in which out-of-control paratroopers murdered
 GP> two Somali infiltrators. Their regiment was then
 GP> disbanded in disgrace - a uniquely Canadian act of self-
 GP> abasement for which, naturally, the Canadians received no
 GP> international credit.

 GP> So who today in the United States knows about the
 GP> stoic and selfless friendship its northern neighbour has
 GP> given it in Afghanistan? Rather like Cyrano de Bergerac,
 GP> Canada repeatedly does honourable things for honourable
 GP> motives, but instead of being thanked for it, it remains
 GP> something of a figure of fun.

 GP> It is the Canadian way, for which Canadians should be
 GP> proud, yet such honour comes at a high cost. This week,
 GP> four more grieving Canadian families knew that cost all
 GP> too tragically well.


 GP> **** ****
 GP> Please pass the on or print it and give it to any of your
 GP> friends or relatives who served in the Canadian Forces,
 GP> it is a wonderful tribute to those who choose to serve
 GP> their country and the world in our quiet Canadian way.





 GP> ------- End of forwarded message -------

 GP> Because I care,
 GP> |<+]::-)  (Cyberpope(the Bishop of ROM!))


 GP> -!- PPoint 1.76
 GP>  ! Origin: Cyberpope pointing via Bandmaster BBS! (1:153/715.1275)

  After all this, it seems we are now into another one of these
Consitutional ...here we go again thingmes with a few in Quebec.
Many francophones wanted to stay within Canada, and be Canadiens
but here again a vocal minority holds us back again...I hope
they find them a country too, perhaps in the Middle East?

ttfn

Peter



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