A Sea of Poppies Commemorating ANZAC Day

Just remember what you are advocating here in this topic, when you state that the British invaded and killed thousands of indigenous Aborigines. Remember, they were just following military orders also back in 1788

Don't you ever let me hear you rant & rave on about the English killing Aborigines again, becauase I will keep reminding you what you said in this topic, about how its acceptable to kill during times of wars and conflicts, and that its twisted and perverted to say its killing.

I have copied and pasted all your comments for a later reference.

 

Politicians Australian and British have such bad conscience of sending young Australians to Gallipoli to have their brains blown right back to Australia, they put on a huge ceremony to cover their guilt, and so it continues today.

 

Cut and paste to your hearts content. Your perversion of my words neither reflects what I said nor what I meant.

I definitely do not celebrate the killing of war. The same as when on the 30th of January when my children and I sit around and talk about their mother, we are not celebrating cancer, we are celebrating her short life and as my children were so young it helps to keep her memory alive. We don't celebrate what we lost or the disease, we celibrate what she was and what she gave us.

 

No veteran or descendant proudly marched before Australia's Commander in Chief on Anzac day because he was busy with the Turks celebrating their showering us bullets and raining us with shell to blow us right back to Australia.

Abbott chose to put the boot into the face of fighting Australians because Australia's Commander in Chief must be loyal to Australia not Britain.
Abbott refuses to enunciate his British citizenship, Britain a good place to retire on his beauty of a pension paid by Australians.

 

"Addressing a service at the National Emergency Services Memorial in Canberra on Friday. Prime Minister Tony Abbott has honoured firefighters and emergency service workers who have died in the line of duty."

However those brave soldiers who died protecting us and Abbott do not deserve and did not receive any honour from Abbott on Anzac day.

 

No agreed we mourn those who died - on BOTH sides

War is a terrible shameful thing in and of itself because it chews up lives and spits out death. But sometimes it is a very necessary thing but by commemorating - not celebrating - a defeat we pay homage to those who fought for ideals, honour those who should be honoured but remember that war should always be a LAST resort

 

I love reading comments about war from those who've never served.

 

War itself is horrific and should never be celebrated however that does not diminish the heroism of those who serve. In an ideal world we would need no soldiers, policemen, firemen, parking meter attendants - but this is not an ideal world and we should acknowledge those who have to do a job that is often dangerous, fraught dirty and mean. But celebrating and respecting the people does not mean you condone the reasons for them having to do that job,

I personally love it when our defence personnel get involved in the other stuff we do - at the moment that is flying in aid to Tibet but our defence personnel do a very wide range of actions from war to policing to assisting other government troops and education of populations to giving aid and re-building in areas of need

I cannot help but think that must give intense satisfaction to the personnel in the armed forces to be able not only to have to operate in a theatre of war but to assist where and when required

 

War should always be the LAST resort -
if it only would be - we can't say no when our Big Brother is calling us, can we?
Sorry Bb, it is wishful thinking. I sometimes wonder, whether the third big one is already in the making. I read somewhere, that under Obama (and I normally like the guy) the US has exported and sold more weapons then under any other president in its history. Is it true?
I don't know, but looking at the achievements past WW2 I can imagine it, unfortunately. If you really see war as the last resort, you don't shirtfront your opponents, there are other means.....
Regards

 

Don't know old mate but I have been told that America HAS to be at war somewhere keep it's armaments industry and therefore the main economy churning

 

You might be surprised at how many countries have large weapons factories and rely on building new and replacement military hardware.

Doesn't "peaceful" Sweden build and sell Saab aircraft all over the world? If I wished to, I could list at least a dozen of them who made big bucks building and selling military goods.

 

I would be more in agreeance with that if the US were not constantly at war. Tell me when was the last time you were not involved in a war somewhere?

 

lk,
peaceful Sweden might be in for 0.1%, so is Germany and France and and and....
Russia, China and the US are a different kettle altogether. You made your point here, I wish (or better not wish) to know the truth.....
I think we had a lucky and once off situation during the cold war era, which will and cannot be repeated.
At this moment in time, I sometimes think the population of this planet has never been more unhappy, and I do get around a fair bit.
Happy Sunday all!