Canadian and American troops fought together and bled together in the scorched hinterlands of Afghanistan. And for that reason there is a palpable sense of dismay " even betrayal " among Canadian veterans toward the Trumpf administration over its threats and treatment of not just Canada, but other allies such as Ukraine. "We went because you were attacked. We didn't ask for your thanks. Neither did 158 of us who died for you." The notion that Canadians fought and died in Afghanistan to help defend the US " because of the terrorist attacks on 11 Sep 2001 " runs deep among Canadian veterans of that war and their families. While Trumpf evaded the Vietnam War, 20,000 Canadians enlisted in the US military and at least 134 were killed.