Veteran’s Day – Armistice day as was.
I’d rather not indulge in the political discussions of the day today. There have been, and will be, a great many arguments about the legitimacy of all wars, and of any war, and that’s as it should be… but not today, okay? Tomorrow we can go back to working out where and why and for whom and under what circumstances, and some of us who think war is usually a bad idea will keep trying to restrain those of us who don’t care, but today let’s just remember Lesley Alexander and the others — they, and their families, are the stakes in this.
For `round me the men will be lying
That learned me the way to behave,
And showed me my business of dying:
O who would not sleep with the brave?
— AEHousman