Remembering The Somme 90 yrs. Later

Fire of Liberty
One thing I forgot to mention this past weekend was the 90th anniversary of The Battle of the Somme in which some 20,000 British, French and Newfoundland troops died before a massive German force within the first hour. (According to some reports, the German soldiers just stopped firing because they had grown sick of seeing the blood and guts of the various young men who were thrown into the meat-grinder.) Thankfully, Peter Worthington of the Toronto Sun has a good piece out today that pays a great tribute to the men who fell in the plains of France fighting for their nation and ideals of freedom and democracy. Now while folks rightly criticize the higher ups in the respected militaries/governments for putting these young men in such horror, you've got to salute these young men who braved certain death to charge forward to fight for G-d and Country. So lets give a hoorah to these brave young lads and be grateful that our soldiers don't have to face a meat-grinder like these soldiers faced and the Somme(Close to a million dead over a 137 day period).