I have two stepsons both of whom were in the Falklands war. Kipling, and the Pompalary Jig have got it right.
Wee Jock thinks like I do. My Grandfather handled it like so many others by becoming a communist. That side of the family are still socialists, including yours truly. I still can not get my head around the loss of half a generation, and Jacksons film brings home the fact that the so called 'Hun' were young men without a clue why they were fighting. This film makes it seem like it all happened yesterday.
The loss of life, the loss of family, the loss of skills, the loss of culture, and the way they were treated afterwards will make me forever a sad man when I think about it. However it makes our paltry day to day problems seem just that..paltry. How I wish I could talk to the old man again. I know what he'd say though. 'Pull your self together boy and get on with what you do best, and look after your wife.' Maybe that's what he was fighting for.