Globe and Mail: Outgoing veterans ombudsman prods Canadians over Afghanistan

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It is a tough question that Pat Stogran, the retired colonel and soon-to-be former veterans ombudsman, insists Canadians ask themselves about the war in Afghanistan this week.

With combat operations slated to wind down next July – or possibly even next spring – Thursday could be the last war-time Remembrance Day for years to come.

Nov. 11, the date the Armistice took effect in 1918 to end the slaughter of the First World War, was originally meant as a day of reflection.

That kind of soul-searching should not be passed off lightly this year as the country makes the transition from war to self-imposed peace, Mr. Stogran said.

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