All for nothing

As once again we arrive at the Festival of Rememberence, you will no doubt hear that WW1 was a pointless waste of life. I know that this deserve's a much more wordy opening post, words that I am in no position to write, but I will only make the following two statements:

Most of those who fought in that conflict did so because they were brought up to tell right from wrong.

Most of the people now living in Alsace Lorraine, or Belgium do not consider it a pointless waste of life.