Troubadour; As someone has already said we're all wasting our time attempting to alter the views of a few contributors to this particular topic.

I am sure some of what they have said has an degree of truth but like many people sitting in the comfort of the 21st Century I recall conversations with my Grandparents who lived though and fought though WW1.

I have tried to avoid mentioning my Grandfathers, they both survived, however, they saw first hand the senseless slaughter, they lived in the trenches, they were gassed, shot, wounded by shrapnel and lived with the consequences of their time there.

Both my Grandfathers said to me as teenager it was a stupid and futile war that could have been concluded and differences reconciled by men sitting around a table and talking.

Need I say anymore.