CANADIAN HERO FACES COURT MARTIAL — “Culture of disdain” for armed forces blamed:

Cpl Perry has been sent back to Canada to face, instead of a hero’s welcome, a court martial on discipline charges, reported to be in connection with threatening remarks he is alleged to have made to the Canadian chaplain during a “stress debriefing”.

“Look at what they did to me,” he said. “This is how they show their appreciation to me, by sending me back to Canada.”

Military experts yesterday denounced what they called Canada’s culture of disdain for its armed services, despite their courageous record in two world wars, as well as in the Korean war and numerous peacekeeping operations.

The U.S. wants to give him a bronze star, though.