tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029107535174533838.post8625624554576332221..comments2024-03-28T09:34:38.146+00:00Comments on Bursledon Blog: Remembrance - JunoBursledon Bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14020592383830135476noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029107535174533838.post-56376066193979947232018-11-11T18:11:48.421+00:002018-11-11T18:11:48.421+00:00Alden, I agree listening to the rhetoric at today&...Alden, I agree listening to the rhetoric at today's service I couldn't help but reflect that WW1 was due to catastrophic political failure, and military incompetence, the whole land fit for heroes seems l ike propaganda and spin, as you say WW2 was very much in defence against a very real aggressor. None the less we should honour and remember those who fought and died, cliche but those who fail to learn the lessons of history are condemned to repeate them.Bursledon Bloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14020592383830135476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029107535174533838.post-82940637916244834202018-11-11T17:13:13.084+00:002018-11-11T17:13:13.084+00:00We certainly own a huge, huge debt to those who fo...We certainly own a huge, huge debt to those who fought in the second world war - the world would be different place if we had lost that one.<br />The first world war, I am not so sure about. It's not clear to me exactly what that was all about - senseless slaughter for what? over what? Alden Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06601028197387499096noreply@blogger.com