Don't get this debate. Almost all the soldiers killed in wars since nation states came along have had no choice in where, when or who they fought. War is terrible thing but you will struggle to find a history of a country who don't have an armed force for a very good reason.
Remembrance should be about the vast mass of ordinary men, who could well have been you or I if we'd been born only a few generations ago. I suspect they were better men (in an old fashioned non PC sense) than many or even most of us.
Debating the morality of their war as if they had a realistic choice is just applying modern morality to historical situations. We may feel that these men were defendin questionable circumstances. These men by and large, did not have that knowledge, opinion or indeed choice.
If you don't like some of Britain's wars, remember the ones you consider good (like WW 2 presumably) or an ancestor or wear a white poppy. Or even just accept that most people do feel a connection and quietly accept that.
Remembrance should be about the vast mass of ordinary men, who could well have been you or I if we'd been born only a few generations ago. I suspect they were better men (in an old fashioned non PC sense) than many or even most of us.
Debating the morality of their war as if they had a realistic choice is just applying modern morality to historical situations. We may feel that these men were defendin questionable circumstances. These men by and large, did not have that knowledge, opinion or indeed choice.
If you don't like some of Britain's wars, remember the ones you consider good (like WW 2 presumably) or an ancestor or wear a white poppy. Or even just accept that most people do feel a connection and quietly accept that.