On the whole, I am against most wars. WW2 was well justified, but WW1 was one of the most pointless ever. Even then, I mean pointless in that it should not and need not have happened. Defence of our allies was still justified once it got that far. It just never should have. My grandfather served in the Royal Artillery in the Somme, with horse drawn guns.

The best thing we can do in our current conflicts is get out. Nothing further can be served by remaining, and the Iraq invasion was based entirely on lies, or fiction at best, depending on how charitable one wishes to be.

I always wore a poppy until I emigrated to America over twenty years ago, but since I have been here I have never once seen one. I will try to seek out the American Legion. From the pics here theirs look a bit different, but that's not the point.