Time to forget all this glorifying war lark and move on I think.
Waste of time and money too.

Bazzer Smith wrote:

Time to forget all this glorifying war lark and move on I think.
Waste of time and money too.

Its not about glorifying war its about remembering the dead and injured
sent into battle because of the shameful failure of our political leaders

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Bazzer Smith wrote:

Time to forget all this glorifying war lark and move on I think.
Waste of time and money too.

It's time the remembrance services were designed to remember not the
military, or to let the politicians posture in front of monuments, but to
remind us that it was the ordinary civilian families who suffered and died
in far greater numbers on both sides. Their stories of courage in the face
of daily privations, and the shock and stress of losing loved ones in war,
should also be told.

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steve robinson wrote:
Bazzer Smith wrote:

Time to forget all this glorifying war lark and move on I think.
Waste of time and money too.

Its not about glorifying war its about remembering the dead and
injured sent into battle because of the shameful failure of our
political leaders

Well said, Steve
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"Bazzer Smith" wrote in message
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Time to forget all this glorifying war lark and move on I think.
Waste of time and money too.

What are you ???? --- Some kind of arsehole

On Sun, 9 Nov 2008 19:58:08 -0000, Richard Bird
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"Bazzer Smith" wrote in message
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Time to forget all this glorifying war lark and move on I think.
Waste of time and money too.

What are you ???? --- Some kind of arsehole

Just another troll posting contentious stuff to try to wind people up.

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In article , not-for-
says...
On Sun, 09 Nov 2008 19:10:25 GMT, "steve robinson"
wrote:

Bazzer Smith wrote:

Time to forget all this glorifying war lark and move on I think.
Waste of time and money too.

Its not about glorifying war its about remembering the dead and injured
sent into battle because of the shameful failure of our political leaders

You truly believe the more honourable things to have done in 1939 with
respect the attack on Poland and in 2001 with respect to the attack on the
USA would have been to ignore our mutual defence treaty obligations and not
to join in waging wars against Germany and Afghanistan respectively?

In what sense is what's going on in Afghanistan `defensive'? From who
or what are the troops there defending us?
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In article ,
says...
steve robinson wrote:
Bazzer Smith wrote:

Time to forget all this glorifying war lark and move on I think.
Waste of time and money too.

Its not about glorifying war its about remembering the dead and
injured sent into battle because of the shameful failure of our
political leaders

Well said, Steve

That's right. You Steves all stick together and save us from the nasty
troll.
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Anthony R. Gold wrote:
On Sun, 09 Nov 2008 19:10:25 GMT, "steve robinson"
wrote:

Bazzer Smith wrote:

Time to forget all this glorifying war lark and move on I think.
Waste of time and money too.

Its not about glorifying war its about remembering the dead and
injured sent into battle because of the shameful failure of our
political leaders

You truly believe the more honourable things to have done in 1939 with
respect the attack on Poland and in 2001 with respect to the attack
on the USA would have been to ignore our mutual defence treaty
obligations and not to join in waging wars against Germany and
Afghanistan respectively?

Tony

Setting aside the tenuous basis for attacking Afghanistan in revenge for
9/11 (firstly because that atrocity wasn't committed by a nation, and
secondly because if any particular nationality was predominant in the
hijackers and the funders it was Saudi Arabian), it's arguable that both
conflicts could've been avoided (or mitigated) by more effective and
courageous political intervention in the preceding years :

- Our "Western Leaders" encouraged & armed the mujahideen & taliban,
because we enjoyed seeing them harrass the occupying Soviet forces (so much
irony, you could forge horseshoes on it). The west traded hi-tech missiles
to mad mullahs, and provided a significant part of Saddam's CBM capability.

- An earlier generation of our leaders watched Herr Hitler gradually crush
democracy, and stood by (just as they had when Franco did the same thing).
America maintained lucrative business interests in Germany throughout WW2,
and was happily watching the Nazi's take over Europe until Pearl Harbor
forced them into it.

(obviously a rather slapdash & emotive summary, but I hope it illustrates
the point?)




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Sam Nelson wrote:
In article ,
says...
steve robinson wrote:
Bazzer Smith wrote:

Time to forget all this glorifying war lark and move on I think.
Waste of time and money too.

Its not about glorifying war its about remembering the dead and
injured sent into battle because of the shameful failure of our
political leaders

Well said, Steve

That's right. You Steves all stick together and save us from the
nasty troll.

Damn right - it's the Trinity of the Steve. Wait till one more arrives and
we morph into a fighting robot.

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