Do you find Blind Patriotism scary

[Amarok]

As a Canadian for most of my life patriotism was associated with  Americanism especially anything to with the military and was generally seen as obnoxious (unless it was remembrance day then it was sort of okay). Then Afghanistan happened. and all of a sudden we have military fever all of a sudden we went from a country built on negotiation like I was taught in high school to a country forged in war at Vimy etc . On one hand I like the fact kids are interested in our military history and it's helped draw attention issues in like veterans. But I can't help  feeling  it's a campaign of nationalist propaganda ripped straight from an American political playbook. And will be used and abused the same way.