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Armed Forces / Re: Gallipoli
« on: Friday 25 April 08 07:05 BST (UK) »
Of course all Australians should realize that there were others, Brits and French, and others, at Gallipolli. (And some English know nothing of the campaign, http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,297789.15.html). But the Brits have and had been fighting wars for hundreds of years, but this was the first action Australians, as a Unified Nation (and with such a small population), were engaged in, albeit British citizens, not Australian. Similarly the Hellfire Pass in Thailand is an Australian War Memorial (similar in psyche to eg Andersonville in USA), but as such should not be taken to exclude the UK and Netherland, and other, prisoners.
It is not Glorifying war to remember on this Remembrance Friday those who died, and suffered, horribly. From so many Nations. (Obviously this includes New Zealanders.)
To put it simply it is abhorent to suggest that yesterday's Commenorative Remembrance Service to the Crews of the HMAS Sydney (and HKS Kormoran), and the principal, the Prime Minister of Australia Kevin Rudd, were Glorifying war.
It is not Glorifying war to remember on this Remembrance Friday those who died, and suffered, horribly. From so many Nations. (Obviously this includes New Zealanders.)
To put it simply it is abhorent to suggest that yesterday's Commenorative Remembrance Service to the Crews of the HMAS Sydney (and HKS Kormoran), and the principal, the Prime Minister of Australia Kevin Rudd, were Glorifying war.