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   > Sunday  Telegraph  Article From today's UK wires:   
   > Salute to  a  brave and modest nation - Kevin Myers, 'The Sunday   
   > Telegraph' LONDON:   
   >   
   > Until  the deaths of Canadian soldiers killed in Afghanistan ,   
   > probably  almost no one outside their home country had been aware   
   > that  Canadian troops are deployed in the  region.   
   >   
   > And  as always, Canada will bury its dead, just as the rest of the   
   > world, as always will forget its sacrifice, just as it always  forgets   
   > nearly everything Canada ever does.. It seems that  Canada's historic   
   > mission is to come to the selfless aid both of  its friends and of   
   > complete strangers, and then, once the crisis  is over, to be well and   
   > truly  ignored.   
   >   
   > Canada is the perpetual  wallflower that stands on the edge of the   
   > hall, waiting for  someone to come and ask her for a dance. A fire   
   > breaks out, she  risks life and limb to rescue her fellow dance-goers,   
   > and suffers  serious injuries. But when the hall is repaired and the   
   > dancing  resumes, there is Canada, the wallflower still, while those   
   > she  once helped Glamorously cavort across the floor, blithely   
   > neglecting her yet  again.   
   >   
      
      
   I've seen this before, several years ago though mentioning a different war.   
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