Prime Minister Stephen Harper today issued the following statement to mark the 67th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day (V-E Day):
“Today I join Canadians and the international community in marking the anniversary of Victory in Europe Day – the day in 1945 when Nazi Germany capitulated to Allied Forces.
“It is a day for the world to celebrate the triumph of good over evil, of Allied victory over a fascist regime that stained history with the atrocities of the Holocaust.
“It is also a time to remember those brave Canadians and Allies who left the warmth of their homes and the comfort of their families to face the hardships of war to preserve the values of freedom, democracy and rule of law that we continue to hold dear today.
“Let us honour the one million Canadians who served their country during the Second World War, and never forget the 42,000 soldiers, sailors and airmen who made the ultimate sacrifice".
“Canadians have always answered the call to stand up for what is just in the world. It is part of what defines us as a nation.
“As we remember this victory, let us offer our heartfelt gratitude to all members of the Canadian Armed Forces – both past and present – and their families who have put the interests of our great nation ahead of their own.
“Their courage and self-sacrifice make us proud to be Canadian.
“Lest we forget.”
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Jüri Böhm09 May 2012 10:17
The Russian soldier has never “freed” anyone!
Everywhere where the Russian soldier’s boot has ever tread it has brought with it only terror, brutality, and the murdering of women, children, and the aged.
Public Appeal for the 9th of May
In anticipation of the yearly commemoration of the end of World War II, the propaganda from Russia’s misinformation trumpets and from those of the Russian occupants in the Baltics has intensified.
The Red Army is once again being raised on high, as are the “Great Russian People” who, according to the Kremlin, have “freed Europe” and have “brought happiness and prosperity” to our doorstep.
The Kremlin demands thankfulness and subservient glorification from those countries and peoples whom the Kremlin has purportedly “freed”.
The Kremlin waves a menacing finger at its’ neighbors and threatens them with uprisings by local Russians should its’ neighboring lands not succumb to Moscow’s dictat.
The Kremlin’s threats and actions have aggressively intensified in tone with every year.
Aside from the Russian egoism that has existed well before the Communist Revolution in Russia, the myth of the “Red Soldier as Liberator” is exalted (by the Kremlin) as an ideological goal.
Europe’s nations are bombarded with the Kremlin’s propaganda tactics which seek to exploit the European right of law and to deceive those peoples which have never had the “joy” of experiencing the “freedoms” which the Red Army “liberators” brought.
This deceitful and atrocious myth of “liberator” must unanimously be condemned in conjunction with the general condemnation of the atrocities of Communism.
The Red Army is and remains the East European’s murderer!
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