>This is great news, but based on the following snippet form that article, it looks some fools in high places need some serious therapy and a reality check about the costs and reasons for war: "Canadians don't kill -- they don't even use the word kill; that's the problem," he said. "I think the military is not sure that the government is prepared to accept the fact, let alone celebrate the fact ... that Canadian soldiers do sometimes end up killing people."

I think it can be said that Canadians place little importance on our military outside of peace keeping. In fact the 4 deaths from friendly fire last week were the first combat (not peace keeping) deaths since the Korean war in the 50's. The Afghans that these snipers killed were also the first enemy to be killed since the Korean war as well. This national sqeamishness with war combined with a distaste for hero worship makes the above quote understandable.