The Globe and Mail (Toronto) reports that Ottawa is incensed over a Fox TV "humor" segment that ridicules Canada's troops and their contributions in the war in Afghanistan. The article and a link to the video can be found here.
One would be hard-pressed to find a segment as unfunny -- or as tasteless -- as this one. To ridicule the sacrifices of a nation whose young men and women are volunteering to fight a deadly enemy is reprehensible.
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