Dulce et Decorum Est

Wilfred Owen sure made a detailed description that war isn't all it's cracked up to be. "Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge"(2). It's just amazing how many people have fought in war, all the things they must endure and for what? Do we really appreciate what the people have done over the years, and over the many wars? I think it takes a lot of courage, beyond what we'd be able to think of without actually doing it, to get up every day and defend our country. Courage, strength, bravery, and endurance. Just think about it: "If you could hear, at every jolt, the blood/Come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs" (21-22)