Funerals

[carolegif]

Yesterday in Watlington Bill Stone was buried. He was 108 and had served in both World Wars to bring peace.

Yesterday in Plymouth at the same time they buried a young soldier aged 19 who was killed in Afghanistan last week.

We have learned nothing!

[stokemaveric]

yes mr stone was indeed a unique person,and sadly yes wars will continue to go on and we will continue to bury our war dead....................

[DrFilth]

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=a1ylOhsnGLE



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[craft1948]

can't watch that - makes the back of my neck prickle

[anotheoldgit]

both World Wars to bring peace

We have learned nothing!

Not sure about WW1, and even less about Iraq & Afghanistan, we should not have even been drawn into these latter two.

But it was different in WW2 we were defending these shores, against an evil regime.

So what was the option?

[jake-the-peg]

The option was not to have imposed such terms on Germany at the end of WWI to allow Hitlers into power.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_Plan

We may not have stopped wars but we have learnt something

[carolegif]

That's right! It was the conditions that Europe imposed that led to the inflation in Germany and the rise of the Third Reich. I believe that Lloyd George did oppose it though!