Just thought that I’d add a couple of images that saddened me. I attended the Armistice Parade in Cardiff on the 11th November. It was sad that there were so few public present – though in some ways not entirely surprising given the rising disquiet with the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Although I have always been a pacifist, and hate the whole idea of war, I still feel strongly that we should not readily forget those whose lives were, and are being lost.

As a slight aside -two recent banners I came across were memorable though…

“If you can read this, thank a teacher. If it’s in English, thank a soldier”

And the other…

“War is a way of teaching Americans geography!”

Anyway, this old soldiers eyes caught my attention. So filled with sadness. He knows the reality of war.

And perhaps even sadder, the young faces of future recruits…