Mark Wallinger in the Independent sums it up perfectly by describing anti war campaigner Brian Haw who sadly died over the weekend from lung cancer as the conscience of a nation.
A man who used to wear a badge saying "save my Muslim neighbour" was an Englishmen who showed this country at its best in terms of humanity, compassion and decency and whose protest for 10 years on behalf of all the innocent dead Muslims killed by B£iar and Bush will never be forgotten.
Today is Armed Forces Day and while there is nothing wrong in honouring British soldiers lets be clear there is no honour in glorifying illegal Wars. When the rich wage War its the poor who always die.
The people we should be honouring are the Brian Haws of this world who through their selfless actions on the one hand highlight the innocence of lost human life but also as Simon Jenkins mentions show how B£iars War Mongers invent enemies to buy bombs and keep waging war despite having no enemies.
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