Canadian soldier sergeant Rob Short
Tonight I watched some video images on CBC news about one of the two Canadian soldiers (sergeant Rob Short) who were killed by land mine in Afghanistan.
It was taken two days before he died and the video showed him in some remote location in Afghanistan along with some afghan villagers. There was one thing quite clear and that was how down-to-earth and polite this soldier was. And how gentle he was when he was speaking to those Afghans.
The difference between him as a Canadian soldier and typical American soldiers was quite obvious to me. But I wasn't surprised at all, after all, Canadian soldiers are trained to be peacemakers and peacekeepers unlike their American counterparts who are trained to be ... well, you fill in the blank.
It was taken two days before he died and the video showed him in some remote location in Afghanistan along with some afghan villagers. There was one thing quite clear and that was how down-to-earth and polite this soldier was. And how gentle he was when he was speaking to those Afghans.
The difference between him as a Canadian soldier and typical American soldiers was quite obvious to me. But I wasn't surprised at all, after all, Canadian soldiers are trained to be peacemakers and peacekeepers unlike their American counterparts who are trained to be ... well, you fill in the blank.
posted by Faramin | 12:00 a.m.
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