The 11th hour of the 11th month...

Dave Balderstone wrote:
> Tomorrow is Remembrance Day here in Canada (and in Australia and Great
> Britain), when we honour those who have served, those who have fought,
> and those who have died in defence of our freedom. They will not be
> forgotten.
>
> To the wreckers who have served, I offer the sincere thanks of myself
> and my family. I salute you.
>
> -----------------------------------------
> In Flanders fields the poppies blow
> Between the crosses, row on row
> That mark our place; and in the sky
> The larks, still bravely singing, fly
> Scarce heard amid the guns below.
>
> We are the Dead. Short days ago
> We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
> Loved and were loved, and now we lie
> In Flanders fields.
>
> Take up our quarrel with the foe:
> To you from failing hands we throw
> The torch; be yours to hold it high.
> If ye break faith with us who die
> We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
> In Flanders fields.
>
> - John McCrae

Thanks Dave I spent 10 years in the Air Force and lost friends over
Egypt in the 70's when the Buffalo they were flying in was shot down for
no reason other than the typical arab terrorist mentality (I say arab
because that's what the vast majority of them are and these were) other
than "O look pretty white airplane with no guns or bombs let's shoot at
them because they can't shoot back." They were on a so called UN peace
keeping mission, grossly downplayed by our government and forgotten by
most Canadians.

Rick