As a history teacher I cannot respect any of it. I know too much of the truth. I've read war records, copies of letters. I've waded through the national archives. I've read personal accounts of the men who returned from these wars, they didn't consider it a sacrifice, they considered it a farce. They thought they were betrayed.
The returning soldiers suicide rate is increasing daily. The glorification of war and their 'sacrifice' is a big part of that. They leave letters for their families, telling them the truth of what has happened, even now in the Middle East and so many of them say it's because the families wouldn't listen when they were alive. That they kept banging out on how they were heroes.
It's easier to live in this world if you forget the past & accept the propaganda of the moment. Which most people have done. 'Lest We Forget' isn't about what happened anymore, it's about how the government and advertising has glorified war.
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Date: 2015-11-12 12:45 am (UTC)The returning soldiers suicide rate is increasing daily. The glorification of war and their 'sacrifice' is a big part of that. They leave letters for their families, telling them the truth of what has happened, even now in the Middle East and so many of them say it's because the families wouldn't listen when they were alive. That they kept banging out on how they were heroes.
It's easier to live in this world if you forget the past & accept the propaganda of the moment. Which most people have done. 'Lest We Forget' isn't about what happened anymore, it's about how the government and advertising has glorified war.