Remembrance Day

I wonder how many people actually pause and reflect on the significance of Remembrance Day. I'm sure most do not. The sacrifice of all soldiers, from the major conflicts of the twentieth century to the more recent loses in Afghanistan, must be remembered, not to glorify war but to encourage us to avoid it. It is a sad reality that we are no closer to this goal than we were a hundred years ago, and every soldier lost today serves to remind us of our failure.