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The Forum > General Discussion > ANZAC Day - 2015, A century on. What does it mean for you ?

ANZAC Day - 2015, A century on. What does it mean for you ?

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Dear O Sung Wu,

Diaries, letters and postcards offered troops
a small respite from the hardships of war
and today they give us an invaluable insight into
life on the frontline.

We owe a great debt to the many Australian
men and women who served - and continue to serve
in defence of our values and freedoms.
Be it in the First World War, the Second
World War, the Korean War, the Malayan Emergency,
The Vietnam War, the Indonesian Confrontation, the
Gulf War, Afghanistan, Iraq, and Peacekeeping 1947 -
present.
Posted by Foxy, Sunday, 26 April 2015 4:00:30 PM
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Hi there FOXY...

By gee you are an amazing lady indeed ! So very well read. Most folk forget, the Malayan Emergency and Indonesian Confrontation, truly astonshing ! I recall a mate of mine in Melbourne, wanted to join a suburban RSL, and when the RSL official asked where it was that he served, he replied '...the Indonesian Confrontation...' The RSL bloke replied, what happened there ? Truly extraordinary FOXY !
Posted by o sung wu, Sunday, 26 April 2015 4:54:08 PM
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Dear O Sung Wu,

All the credit belongs not to me but to -
The Hon. Kevin Andrews MP, Minister for
Defence, who provided the people in his
electorate with a leaflet about the Anzacs.
I managed to glean quite a lot of information
from his leaflet. It really was as you say -
"extraordinary" and made me realise that this
milestone year - the centenary of the Anzac landing
at Gallipoli is significant beyond measure to our
nation's history.

I've placed the leaflet aside in an album for my
grand-children.
Posted by Foxy, Sunday, 26 April 2015 5:10:32 PM
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Hi FOXY...

So we've a politician who's actually earning his salary for a change ? The Hon Kevin ANDREWS the Minister for Defence, has prepared a Note describing every conflict Australia has become involved, that's interesting. Actually, as a nation we've always 'punched well above our weight' at the end of the day.

Some would say we should try much harder, to ensure we not involve ourselves, with overseas issues that don't actually concern us ? There again the world's becoming much smaller, therefore it's probably becoming very difficult not to become involved, I don't really know ?

There's only one 'absolute' in my mind FOXY. The next World War has already begun. It will slowly increase, until the entire world has become inflamed. It's a very sinister and menacing Religious War:- The Islamic World Vs The Rest of us ! It's been on the slow boil for the last Forty or Fifty years. And there's probably not a damn thing anyone of us, neither Muslim nor Christian, can do about it ?
Posted by o sung wu, Sunday, 26 April 2015 6:19:49 PM
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Dear O Sung Wu,

I'm going to sound like a broken record
once again and repeat what I've written in
the past.

I think that predicting the future is a bit
risky at the best of times. Whether we choose to destroy our
civilisation or save it - is a collective decision -
and it may well be made within our life times.

However if more and more nuclear weapons are built,
and if more sophisticated means of delivering them are
devised, and if more and more nations get control of these
vile devices then we surely risk our own destruction.

However, if ways are found to reverse that process, then
we can divert unprecedented energy and resources to the
real problems that face us, including poverty, disease,
overpopulation, and so on.

All we can do is hope and trust that our ultimate choice will
be to enhance the life on the bright and lovely planet
on which billions of us share our adventure.

Take care.
Posted by Foxy, Sunday, 26 April 2015 7:53:04 PM
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Dear FOXY...

I can only hope that you are right, and I'm completely wrong. My thoughts or predictions are of ultimate destruction - yours are of hope and salvation. I know which of them I'd chose ?

Take care FOXY.
Posted by o sung wu, Sunday, 26 April 2015 9:09:48 PM
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