This Remembrance Day.............

"Most journalists (notorious for being unable to fix leaky faucets) came away impressed with the intelligence, maturity and noble intentions of our troops.

The second stereotype -- that the type of person who joins the military tends to be a troublemaker attracted to violence -- is equally absurd.

Anyone who has ever seriously talked to soldiers -- and war veterans -- knows they are our greatest ambassadors for peace. Unlike the rest of us, they know that war is hell.

Soldiers don't want to go into harm's way. They go because their government orders them to and because they are honourable people fulfilling a commitment they made."