Tuesday 21 June 2022

The Victoria Cross and war service medals

My dear ole dad had a few of the latter, quite a few indeed.  

I would ask the question of all today whose fathers and mothers had these ... where are those medals right now?  Who knows about them, which campaigns they represented?  

These men and women fought for God, King and country [1939 to 1945] and for how much longer is that commemorated?  There is the equivalent in the U.S. of course, equally revered.

We are plunged into a very bloody war indeed right now ... a war upon us run by global demi-humans who have our own pollies in thrall against us.  Why, for example, would Boris return to power and start trumpeting this Build Back Better guff?  

What's that to do with a new, post-EUSSR Britain?  Emanating from some Swiss trougher-fest's deliberations in Davos ... what the hell has some clown called Schwab, of nazi roots [see his father's details], to do with us and, for example ... our NHS?

On the strength of some conference called Event 201 in October, 2019, we now have a situation such as Grandpa's.  Go ahead, enter his moniker in the search box, read the posts here and weep. 

On valour awards themselves, Wiki has:
The Victoria Cross (VC) is the highest and most prestigious award of the British honours system. It is awarded for valour "in the presence of the enemy" to members of the British Armed Forces and may be awarded posthumously.

It may be awarded to a person of any military rank in any service and to civilians under military command. No civilian has received the award since 1879. Since the first awards were presented by Queen Victoria in 1857, two thirds of all awards have been personally presented by the British monarch. The investitures are usually held at Buckingham Palace.
I would dare to suggest that though many risking flak daily are hardly in the VC category such as ... I don't know ... a Dr. Naomi Wolf, say ... these pundits and readers are just doing their duty and drawing fire.

Some draw more fire than others and we have a chap, chapess or two right now who require artillery support.  As for their mental approach, may I take a few words from the bible which has fallen into disuse and paraphrase for these chaps and chapesses:

Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are ye, when men [and demi-wimmin, harpies] shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely [for the sake of right and wrong]. Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.

Each and every one of us must decide which hill it is we'll be prepared to die on.  Meanwhile, we continue fighting this abomination going on out there.

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