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[-] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 23 points 1 week ago

On Sunday, a group of 250 Iranian legislators introduced a motion that requires the administration to designate the Canadian Army and federal police forces as terrorist organizations.

Historically speaking, from an indigenous perspective, the characterization of the RCMP as terrorist is not too far off the mark.

[-] Taniwha420@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

I mean, we're kind of known for war crimes too. Was anyone in WW1 worse than the Canadians?

[-] ClanOfTheOcho@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

I'm not familiar with this. Can you give a "for example?"

[-] Taniwha420@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

Lots of good articles on Canadian brutality in WW1 if you do a search. As for war crimes in particular, here's one of many articles mentioning how Canadians killed prisoners of war:

https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/the-forgotten-ferocity-of-canadas-soldiers-in-the-great-war

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