[misterpink]

brought a tear to my eye - my father always turned out for the anzac day dawn parade - and you would have to be pretty hard to attend a parade, listen to the last post etc. and not shed a tear. i still get this lump in my throat when i think about the futility of most conflicts including current ones.

i have genuine respect for those that are(and have been) in the armed forces, but less so for the politicians that send them for seemingly political rather than humanitarian reasons.