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Was it worth it? In 1970, the BBC interviewed Sidney Williams, a 73-year-old First World War veteran living at the Royal Star and Garter home in Richmond. He’d served in the trenches. A Lewis gunner. The interviewer asked him plainly: “How many people have you killed in the war?”... He replied just as plainly: “Couldn’t say. I was in the Lewis Gunners.” A pause. Then the harder question: “Was it worth it?” His answer: “No.” No flourish. No speech. No grand theory of geopolitics. Just a man who had seen what modern war actually looks like - mud, metal and bodies - and who, half a century later, saw no glory in it. Before politicians talk about boots on the ground and historic destiny, they should listen to the men who were there. Sometimes history’s clearest verdict comes in a single word.show more

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