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Posted: **Wed Nov 11, 2015 7:43 am**

A very good article. You Brits have much to be proud of in your rich history.

The story of the Last Post - BBC News

Posted: **Wed Nov 11, 2015 8:03 am**

Thank you very much, Ahso, for your interesting post. Fascinating to actually find out the history of 'The Last Post'

Posted: **Wed Nov 11, 2015 11:37 am**

Thanks for the 'national compliment', and the link, Ahso! You guys lost quite a few brave men in WW1 and WW2 as well. You can be proud of their sacrifice, especially in WW2. We needed all the help we could get to defeat Hitler! If we had all failed, I shudder to think what the world would have been like today....

Posted: **Wed Nov 11, 2015 3:32 pm**

Smaug;1489340 wrote: Thanks for the 'national compliment', and the link, Ahso! You guys lost quite a few brave men in WW1 and WW2 as well. You can be proud of their sacrifice, especially in WW2. We needed all the help we could get to defeat Hitler! If we had all failed, I shudder to think what the world would have been like today....Well, thank you for reciprocating, Smaug. Today is Veterans Day over here.

Posted: **Thu Nov 12, 2015 2:13 pm**

Ahso!;1489366 wrote: Well, thank you for reciprocating, Smaug. Today is Veterans Day over here.

Didn't we used to call it 'Armistice Day?'

Posted: **Thu Nov 12, 2015 3:17 pm**

AnneBoleyn;1489414 wrote: Didn't we used to call it 'Armistice Day?'

Used to be. in 1954 US changed it to Veterans' Day.

A lot of old school people still called it Armistice day into the 60s

Posted: **Thu Nov 12, 2015 4:09 pm**

But of course - everyone knows it was only the Americans who were the conquering heroes of both wars (despite being late for both).

Posted: **Thu Nov 12, 2015 4:58 pm**

The Americans & the Russians! :yh_rotfl

Just kidding, beloved ally. The Brits, IMO, are our truest & most trusted friends. :-4

Posted: **Thu Nov 12, 2015 7:34 pm**

FourPart;1489419 wrote: But of course - everyone knows it was only the Americans who were the conquering heroes of both wars (despite being late for both).

Yup. It always helps to toss some fresh meat into the fray at just the right time. You're welcome.

Posted: **Fri Nov 13, 2015 5:37 pm**

FourPart;1489419 wrote: But of course - everyone knows it was only the Americans who were the conquering heroes of both wars (despite being late for both).

Posted: **Fri Nov 13, 2015 7:02 pm**

Nothing has really changed

Posted: **Sat Nov 14, 2015 2:21 pm**

LarsMac;1489467 wrote: Nothing has really changed

I'm sick to death of politicians dreaming up wars and sending young men to die in them - if they declare a state of war then they should be on the front line to fight it.

Posted: **Sat Nov 14, 2015 3:09 pm**

Dreaming up wars.

Watta crock.

Posted: **Sun Nov 15, 2015 12:29 am**

FourPart;1489419 wrote: But of course - everyone knows it was only the Americans who were the conquering heroes of both wars (despite being late for both).

Better late than never, as the saying goes....

Posted: **Sun Nov 15, 2015 12:30 am**

The second Gulf war was fought a pretext;- W.M.D., better known as weapons of mass destruction, allegedly possessed by Saddam Hussein and deployable within 45 minutes! This was the reason Dubya and B-liar insisted we invade Iraq and perform a little 'regime change' which ended up de-stabilising the country and letting in ISIS!

My Father and I were amongst the 3 million or so marchers in London who protested at this unsanctioned, bipartite, illegal attack on Iraq.

So if it's 'crocks' we're talking, how's that for a good example? Millions of American people were lied to, and millions of British people were lied to also, and well over 100,000 Iraqis have died as a result! Does that make Dubya and B-liar war criminals? You betcha!!