Trump's threats leave Canadian Afghan war veterans feeling angry and betrayed

Canadian and American troops fought together and bled together in the scorched hinterlands of Afghanistan.

And for that reason there is a palpable sense of dismay — even betrayal — among Canadian veterans toward the Trump administration over its threats and treatment of not just Canada, but other allies such Ukraine.

A meme circulating online — a photo of troops in front of the maple leaf rock monument at Ma'sum Ghar, the Canadian forward operating base in western Kandahar — was recently captioned: "We went because you were attacked. We didn't ask for your thanks. Neither did 158 of us who died for you."

The notion that Canadians fought and died in Afghanistan to help defend the United States — because of the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001 — runs deep among Canadian veterans of that war and their families.

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