rolmops
Vice Admiral
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- Feb 24, 2002
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When a soldier is sent abroad he is not asked whether he agrees or not,nor does he ask himself.He does what he swore he would do.<br />All of us here have the luxury of discussing the politics of it and can get angry and upset at each other because of politics.<br />The soldier does not have that luxury.His is not to question why,his is but to do and die.(charge of the light brigade).<br />These young man do die very frequently these days and whether this war is right or wrong does not matter to them or their families.The loss does.<br />Can we honour them enough?Would it be right to have a government representative at the grave side to demonstrate that we all share in this loss?<br />I often have the feeling that we do not do enough as a nation to show that we do care and much more should be done to honour these man who gave their lives for what they believed in.Our freedom.