Wise words from our Prime Minister.

I applaud PM Stephen Harper's visit to Afghanistan to meet face to face with our troops stationed their. As The Hammer pointed out yesterday, we are a G8 country and a member of NATO. With that comes the responsibility to show leadership internationally, which is something Canada has rarely done in the last few years. Harper correctly stated that "you can't be a leader from the bleachers." It is time for Canada to reassert itself on the international stage.
How quickly we seem to have forgotten what a proud military history Canada has. We are the country of Vimy Ridge, Dieppe, and Normandy. We were fighting in both World Wars before the Americans were. The upcoming Tulip festival in Ottawa is a reminder of the Canadian liberation of the Dutch in WWII (the Dutch gave Canada 1000's of tulips as a thank you and the Tulip festival was born). Our military accomplishments and history are something to be celebrated, not something to be made to feel guilty about. We have helped smaller, less able countries stand up to some of the world's worst dictators and regimes. We are doing the same thing now in Afghanistan and our troops deserve our support for doing so.