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In the wake of what the Canadian Press has described as a “national uproar,” FOX News released an official apology last week for offending Canada’s delicate sensibilities some weeks ago during an episode of their unpopular late-night chat show “Red Eye.” The episode in question featured a brief segment about the Canadian military’s (real) proposal to withdraw from all peacekeeping and combat missions for at least a year, with such a breather period being used to reorganize and recuperate for future missions. The “Red Eye” people thought this was very comical, and bantered about it in the usual manner that comedians banter about small countries with underfunded armies.
Canadians are not known for their thick skin, especially when it comes to criticism in the American media (to say nothing of the right-wing American media). So in the days that followed “Red Eye” was furiously denounced in every single national newspaper, facebook groups and petitions sprung up, and even the Defense Minister himself eventually joined in, declaring solemnly that the heroic men and women of the Canadian armed forces do not deserve such ignorant mockings, etc.
If only Canada could somehow harness petty national insecurity into a destructive weapon. Then we’d have a military nobody would mock.
