Battle of Beersheba: 'Extraordinary' Australian WWI charge remembered in Israel 100 years on
Wed 1 November 2017
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*** How can Australian soldiers in the re-enactment carry a flag of a country that did not exist during WWII? Is this a joke or a political stunt?
*** They lived and died for what they thought would be a better world. All this manufactured symbolism is self-indulgent. Have you ever wondered why people who survived WW1 and WW2 rarely talked about the wars? This seemingly endless supply of celebrations may be a precursor for introducing National Service I feel. Then we can invade and destroy more countries with 'our allies', creating more refugees and terrorists.
*** Yet another patriotic indulgence in heroism and glorification, similar to Gallipoli, ANZAC celebrations and Breaker Morant. This is not commemoration but a craving to glorify the past in order to satisfy a deep national longing to be something.The soldiers of the past are in fact mere pawns being used in our sickening self-obsessed cultural cringe. Why do we as a nation always have to turn every commemoration into syrupy patriotic cliches and turn it into a celebration?
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http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-11-01/battle-of-beersheba-remembered-100-years-on/9105972
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