Someone posted this on my FB page, thought I would share it no words required.
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Standing on the shoulders of giants.
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Indeed.
But the younger ones are losing that connection to a Grandfather or uncle etc who gave their life. Its difficult to see how the " we will
remember them" phrase can be carried on, by those who have no recollection of a close or personal loss, and/or a lack of historical
knowledge.
But meantime "we will remember them"
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Originally posted by omega 24 v6
Indeed.
But the younger ones are losing that connection to a Grandfather or uncle etc who gave their life. Its difficult to see how the " we will remember them" phrase can be carried on, by those who have no recollection of a close or personal loss, and/or a lack of historical knowledge.
But meantime "we will remember them"
Regrettably, the rural idyll depicted for which countless galant lives were lost is a thing of the past. To be representative of today's Britain, you'd need someone wearing a Burqa or Niqab in the foreground.
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What about the lads lost in iraq, Afghanistan, falklands, kosovo, etc its not just about WW2
The painting is of my home town of St Ives, Cornwall
My thoughts are with Marine A who is starting a life sentence for murder for killing a Taliban - he was part of the force which is at war with the
Taliban, and before anyone pipes up about prisoners of war, how many British soldiers are being held as prisoners of war by the Taliban? - go on,
guess.
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Originally posted by Mark Allanson
The painting is of my home town of St Ives, Cornwall
My thoughts are with Marine A who is starting a life sentence for murder for killing a Taliban - he was part of the force which is at war with the Taliban, and before anyone pipes up about prisoners of war, how many British soldiers are being held as prisoners of war by the Taliban? - go on, guess.
I have just been getting ready to leave for our local Remembrance Sunday Parade and I wondered if the original thread was still on todays front
page.
Bump !
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