Especially so when we remember that they were principally "our" wars and not "theirs". If only we had a Commonwealth alternative to the EU. Trade and union with friends and family and not simply the people who live next door.
Sorry for the slight drift there but I'm always sad at the shared loss and sacrifice when we no longer seem able to share a common future.
I, for one, will spare a thought on ANZAC day.
PS
I still have the Poppy I bought on the shores of Wanaka in 1991. The bloke who ran the shop I bought it in did annoy me, though. He thought it it all best forgotten and living in the past. A total contrast to the ex RNZAF bloke who gave me grief for not being with him in Vietnam. Maybe he had a point; who knows. We had a beer together and drank to our respective Air Forces.
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Reason: Kiwis; I'd live there.