On this day...

On this day in 1945, the troops of the Soviet Union marched into Berlin and raised the Red Flag over the Reichstag, thus ending the Second World War. Now, say what you like about war, but I would not be here without it. For, without the Great War (That's the World War before this one), I would not be alive, as my great Grandfather met my Great Grandmother's brother in the Royal Army Medical Corps.
The 20th Century is known as the Century of Total War, and it's not hard to see why. However, this century seems to be a continuation of this theme. We've had the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and there have been conflicts in many other places, and it would appear that there is more to come. Yesterday, North Korea fired a nuclear missile into the Sea of Japan. The purpose of this test, which came at the beginning of talks with on the subject of North Korea's weapons, is presumeably to show that they are serious. Another thing hapened today, which was that Tony Blair's plans to upgrade our own Nuclear arsenal were released. It would appear that the next world war will be the first to see major use of nuclear weapons (no I haven't forgotten the two dropped on Japan, but two is not exactly what I had in mind).
Ahhh, yes. Our esteemed Prime Minister Tony Blair. Arch-Liar of Great Britain. On this day in 1997 he began his time as our Prime Minister, what fools we were. I'm told that Thatcher was a lot worse, but at least she had good reasons for taking us to war, even if it was over the Falklands. Maybe we need a new breed of politicians, ones that don't lie. It's possible that our generation, tired of the lies of the old, will change the face of politics, but I doubt it.
Some things to think on there.
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