Here is a moving essay concerning the glorification of war. It is certainly worth a read on this Veterans Day:
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/nov/08/poppy-last-time-remembrance-harry-leslie-smith
I won't wear the poppy but I will until my last breath remember the past and the struggles my generation made to build this country into a civilised state for the working and middle classes. If we are to survive as a progressive nation we have to start tending to our living because the wounded: our poor, our underemployed youth, our hard-pressed middle class and our struggling seniors shouldn't be left to die on the battleground of modern life.
I more or less agree with him in all respects.
By the way, I am a veteran of the US Air Force, the US Army, and the US Navy. I do not consider myself to be a hero in any sense of the word. The only military accomplishment in which I take any pride is the fact that I did not kill anyone.
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