Comments on: Lest we forget http://debrabroughton.com/2008/11/09/lest-we-forget/ Life with a camera called Vlad Fri, 05 Mar 2010 10:30:41 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Debra http://debrabroughton.com/2008/11/09/lest-we-forget/#comment-1978 Debra Wed, 26 Nov 2008 09:34:38 +0000 http://writehome.wordpress.com/?p=949#comment-1978 Thanks Astrid. Thanks Astrid.

]]> By: Astrid http://debrabroughton.com/2008/11/09/lest-we-forget/#comment-1976 Astrid Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:16:20 +0000 http://writehome.wordpress.com/?p=949#comment-1976 This brought tears to my eyes. This brought tears to my eyes.

]]> By: Debra http://debrabroughton.com/2008/11/09/lest-we-forget/#comment-1963 Debra Thu, 13 Nov 2008 13:50:00 +0000 http://writehome.wordpress.com/?p=949#comment-1963 Thanks earthpal. Thanks earthpal.

]]> By: earthpal http://debrabroughton.com/2008/11/09/lest-we-forget/#comment-1962 earthpal Tue, 11 Nov 2008 23:33:27 +0000 http://writehome.wordpress.com/?p=949#comment-1962 Debra, the stupidity and futility of war remains but your post above is beautiful and honest. Thanks for sharing. Debra, the stupidity and futility of war remains but your post above is beautiful and honest. Thanks for sharing.

]]> By: Debra http://debrabroughton.com/2008/11/09/lest-we-forget/#comment-1961 Debra Tue, 11 Nov 2008 16:10:48 +0000 http://writehome.wordpress.com/?p=949#comment-1961 Stewie - maybe I am growing up, something's definitely changed. And some things have stayed the same. ron - Me too. It's hard to ignore when it's that close. Kip - I totally understand I think that if there hadn't been such a sea change in public opinion in the UK over the Iraq war I would have felt the same. ian - I totally agree. Equally pointless wars, just lower body counts, which can't be much comfort to the families of anyone killed in today's war zones. Stewie – maybe I am growing up, something’s definitely changed. And some things have stayed the same.

ron – Me too. It’s hard to ignore when it’s that close.

Kip – I totally understand I think that if there hadn’t been such a sea change in public opinion in the UK over the Iraq war I would have felt the same.

ian – I totally agree. Equally pointless wars, just lower body counts, which can’t be much comfort to the families of anyone killed in today’s war zones.

]]> By: ian http://debrabroughton.com/2008/11/09/lest-we-forget/#comment-1960 ian Tue, 11 Nov 2008 15:49:47 +0000 http://writehome.wordpress.com/?p=949#comment-1960 "Soldiers died by the thousands at Verdun and the Somme simply because they were available, their lives nationalised as it were, by the modern state." Michael Walzer, <i>Just and Unjust Wars</i> It isn't getting better is it? The numbers may be lower, but the state still acts as if it owns us. “Soldiers died by the thousands at Verdun and the Somme simply because they were available, their lives nationalised as it were, by the modern state.”

Michael Walzer, Just and Unjust Wars

It isn’t getting better is it? The numbers may be lower, but the state still acts as if it owns us.

]]> By: Kip de Moll http://debrabroughton.com/2008/11/09/lest-we-forget/#comment-1959 Kip de Moll Mon, 10 Nov 2008 12:55:12 +0000 http://writehome.wordpress.com/?p=949#comment-1959 In this country (USA), it's so difficult to support the troops without seeming to support the policy that has put them there. There is a grand feeling that we can feel proud of our country again. My father was fully involved in the Battle of the Bulge. 25 years later, he took us back to the fields where he had laid mines and dodged bullets. He knocked on the door of a home where he had stayed where the people had pictures of the their relatives in German uniform on their bureau. While we enjoyed fireworks on the Rhine one beautiful evening, he quietly withdrew to our campsite and sat by himself, the sparks and flashes hitting still too close to his memory. It took 50 years before he could recount his experience at Normandy. In this country (USA), it’s so difficult to support the troops without seeming to support the policy that has put them there. There is a grand feeling that we can feel proud of our country again.

My father was fully involved in the Battle of the Bulge. 25 years later, he took us back to the fields where he had laid mines and dodged bullets. He knocked on the door of a home where he had stayed where the people had pictures of the their relatives in German uniform on their bureau. While we enjoyed fireworks on the Rhine one beautiful evening, he quietly withdrew to our campsite and sat by himself, the sparks and flashes hitting still too close to his memory.

It took 50 years before he could recount his experience at Normandy.

]]> By: ron layters http://debrabroughton.com/2008/11/09/lest-we-forget/#comment-1958 ron layters Mon, 10 Nov 2008 09:37:19 +0000 http://writehome.wordpress.com/?p=949#comment-1958 I remember the bullet holes in the walls of the appartment in Verdun.. I remember the bullet holes in the walls of the appartment in Verdun..

]]> By: stewiedewie http://debrabroughton.com/2008/11/09/lest-we-forget/#comment-1956 stewiedewie Sun, 09 Nov 2008 19:42:26 +0000 http://writehome.wordpress.com/?p=949#comment-1956 Welcome to the process of growing up. Glad you bought a poppy in the end. It's never too late to change your mind. Welcome to the process of growing up. Glad you bought a poppy in the end. It’s never too late to change your mind.

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