Wanda Watkins is the mother of fallen Canadian soldier Pte. Lane Watkins, who was laid to rest on Monday July 16, 2007. Shortly before her son’s funeral Mrs. Watkins read a family statement encouraging Canadians to be proud of our military and their efforts in Afghanistan.
 “The deserve our respect. In supporting them, you’ll make
  our loss much easier to bear.”
For most Canadians these were heartfelt and courageous words from a grieving mother. But it would seem that the humanity shown by Mrs. Watkins was lost on one Canadian blogger.
In yesterday’s post, Canadian Cynic tells Mrs. Watkins exactly what he thinks of her grieving. (Click here to read Canadian Cynic’s post, as the comments are far too vulgar to post on the NCC blog.)
There is no harm in disagreeing with Canada’s role in Afghanistan, but you have to question the human decency of any individual who takes their frustrations with the mission out on the grieving mother of a fallen soldier. This woman has just laid her son to rest, and if we cannot show our troops some respect, at least have enough sense to respect the terrible loss this woman has endured.
Thank you Canadian Cynic for demonstrating to us that now more than ever, Canadians need to show their support for our troops.