A recent article that stated "Canada is a nation not forged by war" has left me a little baffled. I'm not that old, but I grew up with recounts of Dieppe (which a great-great-uncle survived) and other infamous battles that involved young Canadian men as cannon fodder for the enemy. To say we aren't a nation shaped by war, is that not discrediting all of the sacrifices men we can still remember made supposedly for our country? 

It just seems like the arguments being made against commemorating the War of 1812 are premised on a viewpoint that has only been prevalent for the last 50 years or so. Is this short piece of history really more important than the hundreds of years before it? Or am I missing something?