Remembrance day, OT -Merged Threads Options

[michel richard]

On the 11th hour, of the 11th day, of the 11th month, the First Great War ended. Nearly 250 000 Canadian casualties, 325 000 US casualties, 5.5 million French casualties (75% of those mobilized, more than 10% of the total population).

My dad fought in the second world war, in the Royal Canadian Air Force, as a navigator. He flew over 1,000 combat hours.

We owe him, and all those who fought for us, the freedom we have today.

Here is the Red Ensign, that was flying on Canadian ships and aircraft, at the time:

[jrcui]

Remember those fallen and those still fighting. I spent my time in the desert this past year and I truly understand the sacrifice of those before me and those after. There are thousands of military members still in Iraq and thousands of more to follow.

Keep them in your prayers and drink a pint in their honor....

Here's just a little quote I found:

War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.
--John Stewart Mill--

Aloha,
Vinny (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/beer.gif)