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The Royal British Legion now,I am In tears ,anyone else feel the same?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.its all well and good,all the pomp and the ceromony, the politicians standing there,laying the poppy wreaths..they dont care..we went into iraq and served in ni and other theatres of war.. on a high..fighting getting shot at,bottles,firebombs thrown at us, having your best mates killed,seeing things no human being should see.the training kicks in,adrenelin takes over,the rush of blood the sense of serving your country..then the aftermath..coming home..the nightmares..the nothingness...the flashbacks...the anger...the politicians dont care...they never have and never will..the lack of basic equipment they send our troops out to fight with shows that...i dont regret being in the army..indeed im proud that i served in the conflicts that i did..it made me the person i am today and laid the foundations of how my children are today..would i do it again???...NO....
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Re: the very moving part of the service when the poppies fall, I always wonder how they manage to do this so efficiently and without a hitch each year. Are the poppies strung up high in nets, if so how do they stop them falling too quicky and to continue falling for several minutes. It has always intrigued me ......... is it a petal for every life lost?