Lest we forget!
What rubbish. We forgot long ago.
The end came when Canada went from being peacekeepers to world warriors, when sharing personal and private remembrances became political and commercial pantomimes.
It was buried when our minister of external affairs, a man with zero diplomatic experience, was assigned the task of braying about the necessity of war to the world on our behalf.
The final indignity was allowing men, members of the armed services, to kill themselves for whatever reason the Government of Canada uses to justify their ineptitude in withholding help.
Lest we forget. Right! Just another slogan, and now a political one at that.
Robert Chornenki,
Grand Forks