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By Hasan Suroor
LONDON: Shocked by scenes of horror from Iraq and Afghanistan, young Britons have been so put off by the idea of a war that they are no longer prepared to risk their lives for the "Queen and country.'' For centuries, a willingness to die for the Crown and the flag has been a test of British patriotism, but a new poll shows that an overwhelming majority of young men and women would rather be seen to be unpatriotic than be a party to a bloody armed conflict. According to the first survey of young people's attitude to war in the wake of Iraq and Afghanistan, the anti-war sentiment among them is so widespread that a significantly large number of those polled said they would not fight for the country "under any circumstances.'' The findings of the Populus poll were described by The Times, which published them, as a sign of a backlash against the continuing conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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