jim, thanks for the 'lions led by donkeys' article about Haig. it's very upsetting. i wonder how many veterans or widows of the dead lived to be aware of this view of their commander and their government/establishment? -who must really have had their work cut out to suppress these truths and keep any sense of loyalty together among their subjects of the day. i can't help thinking that the present establishment are still involved in large scale crimes against the people - using the poor and disadvantaged as expendable tools for pointless and heartless ideological tactics. i think all this is something to do with why i feel uncomfortable with a red poppy - it's somehow another establishment tactic- to honour our betrayed war dead while deflecting attention from those who were - and are- responsible for the criminal suffering they inflict on the good people of this - and any other- country.