By Mathew Carr

I spoke to 8 military people Wednesday as well as two with family links to the military.

I wanted to know what chance they thought there is for world peace on Nov. 11, 2026.

Most said the rules about speaking publicly prevented them from going on record.

Many of the 10 seemed surprised at my question. No one said world peace was possible any time soon…because many world leaders/administrations remained violently competitive…including US President Donald Trump. Four people said world peace seemed unlikely.

I asked at the 11/11 remembrance service at the Cenotaph in Westminster and focused on those folks sporting medals.

It’s oxymoronic that military people know they are being used to stoke unnecessary war, said one serving military man sporting five medals.

It’s abuse of the brave by the greedy, he said. T

he bad people were sitting in parliament…he said …pointing at Westminster Palace 150 meters down the road.

Another said he did not join the military to help bring world peace. He simply needed a job.

A third said his dad was serving and he planned to join the military because Britain needs protection.

He was somewhat uncertain about what it needs protecting from. He was very clear the Falkland Islands were “ours”.

I pressed him about why he wanted to join a system that he himself conceded abused the brave.

In his 20s, he said he did hope that the quality of government in the UK would improve.

His reasoning wasn’t perfectly convincing nor coherent.

The press was to blame for stoking division and war … and for preventing world peace, one person said.

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