How do you feel about our role in Afghanistan,on this Remembrance Sunday?(UK)?

Actually, I do always feel extremely emotional at this particular time of year. It's not only the formal Remembrance Sunday bit, but personal memories as well. I grew up in a small Berkshire village during the late 1930s and right through the 1940s. Looking back, I would say that somewhere around 15 to 20% of men in their middle to late 40s and the occasional 50 yr old were disabled in WW1. Their injuries, amongst those on speaking terms with family ranged from loss of an eye to loss of limbs. Later, our cirstances having changed, I was moved on to a children's home on the outskirts of London where I attended an Elementary School. Two teachers, Mr Pizzey & Mr Wallace had served in WW1 & both would relate some of their experiences to we kids. Mr Wallace had lost a leg and rode a specially adapted bicycle with one pedal the six mile journey to and from school. Somewhat younger than Mr Wallace, Mr. Pizzey, a Yorkshireman, had a moustache. Once I asked him about it. He told me that as a junior officer he felt very young in the presence of his soldiers, so he grew it. I can also remember him saying, "Well, I suppose I was. Wasn't I?" Looking back and remembering how active he was when teaching us cricket and the aim of his wooden backed blackboard wiper, I'd reckon he must have been about 18/19 when that moustache first appeared. My uncle Capt. John Francis Bill of the South West Borderers was killed on 25 February, 1915. He had been a regular & had served in China & the North West frontier of India and Afghanistan! My cousin Douglas, a bank clerk, joined the Royal Air Force in 1939 and was killed flying his first combat mission, having been in the late stages of training, during the first thousand bombing raid on Cologne (Koln). I always remember them, although I never knew Uncle John, and I guess it's not only at this time of year. I went on to serve 15 yrs myself in the 1950s/60s, saw some action but nothing vaguely to compare with that those mentioned and our troops today are experiencing. Anybody regularly using this site will possibly be aware of my total opposition to the current unwinnable Afghan conflict and my utter disgust relating to the uncaring, cowardly politicians responsible. Whatever my personal stance, those serving today have my complete respect and admiration for their bravery and commitment. Being opposed to this particular conflict does mean one opposes those engaged in military action. They are our countrymen & women, faithfully performing their duties as part of the contract they gave to our country and its people when they joined. Right now it's 08.34GMT here in the UK. By 10.30GMT I shall be at the bottom of Fore Street in a South Devon town, wearing my four medals - Cyprus/Malaya/Kenya and Queen's Coronation Medal. We shall march or totter to the Town War Memorial for the observance of Remembrance Sunday. I, for one, shall never forget and I would guess very few with any sense of Britishness in this country will either! Thank you for your question.