THE UNITED STATES wants to give five Canadian snipers the Bronze Star for valor in Afghanistan. The Canadian government demurs. Canadian reader Michael Homburger, who sent this link, comments:

This story is about two different types of Canadians. The first you might call average “Joe’s”, but I’m pretty sure they are far from average, who instill one with pride. The other a bunch of politicians acting in their typically–typical for Canada–nauseating fashion. I think someone once wrote about a “country of giants being ruled by pygmies”, well that would certainly apply here. Wankers!

I’ve gotten a lot of email like this from Canadians lately.