VERSION|0.5.1|NAME|Steve|DATE|1367325703|CONTENT|It is important that we don&#039;t glorify war for the sake of remembrance. It is equally important that we don&#039;t blame ordinary soldiers for a war we might disagree with.

It&#039;s often implied that it takes two warmongering sides to make a war. This is wrong - it takes one warmongering side and one side that will not compromise on freedom. There is a straightforward peace available to anyone who is happy to accept the camps. There is a much harder peace that can be won over time, but it will take many decades and will require the softening, if not complete breaking down, of all the artifical barriers. In Europe this peace has been very successful, but we are a bubble. The world is not yet like that.

In the meantime, unfortunately, we require the armed services to defend the freedom we and others have. Currently, American military power is the only thing that permits a portion of the Korean Peninsula to live a free life. For decades it was the only thing that kept Western Europe free. Because it was defensive, it created the time for the longer-term peace we now have to take hold. It must remain defensive in Korea also - there is no quick-fix military answer to North Korea&#039;s problems.

In recent years the UK armed services have been sent by our politicians to fight wars I very strongly disagree with. But that does not lessen the need for them, nor the respect we should have for ordinary soldiers, for what they do, and for what they have given up. Political debates are for politicians. It is wrong to direct a political argument at remembrance.|IP-ADDRESS|10.0.119.138, 217.36.222.79, 10.37.44.201|MODERATIONFLAG|