Chokes me up

[freewheat]

Never used to. I'm 34, but now when I see world war footage, and the brutality of what these guys and gals went through, it chokes me up. I am thankful Layton or Iggy were not in power in 1914 or 1939. We would have been neutral, and not put forth the effort to stop the carnage.

Thank you veterans and those who served, and paid the price, big and small.

[JohnGalt]

Well said.

[mbratrud]

Lest We Forget

Just returned from our local Service and it truly is moving when you see the pride in our veterans. The Bravery and unselfishness of our military is inspiring.

God bless you all!

[parsley]

Killing a fellow human being rests heavily.

War is a forever-ever burden on those who served.

Well attended local service this morning. And teary for me. Pars

[parsley]

The address, given by a woman of the cloth, might have been written and delivered by Chamberlin in 1939.

I'd like to see her try and deliver her address in Iraq next Sunday. Parsley

[riders2010]

We have plenty of family and friends that sacrificed everything, among the friends were liberals, conservatives, ccf(ndp), first nations, and probably seperatists. Do we really have to make a comment about Iggy and Layton, and politicize Rememberance Day? that pretty much disrespects all those that are and were not conservatives during the wars then and now.

[charliep]

I wasn't able to observe the minute of silence at 11 but today is a day I will
remember the sacrifices that have made on our/my behalf. The conflict in
Afganistan and the sacrifice of todays military families is but a reminder of
the past.

[SASKFARMER3]

Busy dealing with other family things today but simply!
NEVER FORGET!!!!

[freewheat]

Sorry about politicking re Iggy and Layton. I apologize, BUT Liberals used to be conservative, and conservatives used to be actual conservatives. I just mean times have changed.

Watched some you tubes on some of the german leaders of WW2. Brutal...

[fjlip]

Watched 6 hours of Apocalypse, WW2 on National Geographic channel. A history lesson with actual film footage. Very graphic, well done, shocking at times.

[Jay-mo]

Did anyone catch the docu-drama Storming Juno on history channel last evening?
Absolutly breathtaking what our boys went through.
"You either grew up that day or you never grew up"
God Bless Our Veterans!

If you have decently fast internet go check out this link.
http://stormingjuno.com/

[Fransisco]

I'm with you freewheat!

[hedgehog]

i was reading about passchendale recently.
it seems that the the only force that could dislodge
the germans were the canadians. They were the hit
men when every one else failed.
Was that because they had decent , tough officers,
unlike the british upper class twits who ordered their
men to walk into machine gun fire while they hid well
behind the front?
visited the somme ten yrs ago, the newfoundland
memorial choked me too.