“Canada has paid the Butcher’s Bill in WW-I, and in WW-II in great big bleeding batches (and unlike the US fought throughout both wars and not just at the end), and in Korea and in nearly every UN Peacekeeping conflict since the Second World War.”
I know my Canadian military history and I still don’t think much of their country.
I am the same way about France, how many people want to talk about the French here?
Is everyone going to get disgusted and shocked if someone says that they admire the French soldier but thinks that their country is weak and pathetic? (although stronger than Canada of course)
> I know my Canadian military history and I still don’t think much of their country.
Fair enough.
If not our warriors, what aspect of our great Nation do you “not think much of”, then? Is it the weather? The food? The politicians? (if the latter, I couldn’t really blame you much)
Or is it the Ice Hockey? We try to be fair and lend your American teams a few of our good players, so it surely can’t be that?
It can’t be the fact that we speak more languages than you Americans do? It’s only French, for Pete’s Sakes! It’s not like we’re all bilingual with a prestigious language like Latin or Greek or Chinese...
And anyway, how else would we communicate with our invincible Royal 22me Regiment — the legendary “Vandoos” — which operates in French?