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dleslie | 1 month ago

Kinda overlooking the fact that Lester B Pearson won the Nobel Peace Prize for his leadership in Canada's efforts to lead a neutral force to force peace in the Suez Canal.

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ben_w|28 days ago

Interestingly, as a British person, I've never heard of Lester B Pearson before your comment. Possibly for the same reason it took me so long to find out even a single negative thing about the British Empire: the UK not wanting to talk about anything embarrassing in its history.

For anyone else interested in learning more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lester_B._Pearson#Role_in_Suez...