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  I am the first to defend the right to free speech and the right to protest. Even these radical extremist moslems have a right to protest and have their say as indeed so do the BNP.
  
  But there is a time and place. For one thing the real target of their protest should be the Government who decides the policy and where to send our troops, not the lads who have placed their lives at risk to do that duty.
  
  The police gave them permission to have their protest and the real questions must be about why they did so.
  
  Among the crowds welcoming back these troops will be mothers/fathers/brothers/sisters of Royal Anglians who lost their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan. Grieving parents of 19 year old boys (and maybe girls) who bravely did their duty were faced with placards calling their sons cowards, childkillers and so on. Just what reaction would the police then expect? The anger of the crowd was fully predictable and justified under the circumstances.
  
  For the police to allow this demonstration was simply asking for trouble and the person who gave permission for this protest should be sacked and charged for causing a breech of the peace. Those people who were arrested should receive an apology from the police.
  
  Lets remember the Anglians were in Iraq (and previously the 'ghan) to support the legitimate Governments and to protect innocent Iraqis and Afghans from the extremists.
  
  What a weird world we have now.
  
  I can imagine the excuses from the police for allowing this, they were afraid to appear rascist and to cause offense to the muslim community.... sick.
  
  And yet, we get a local councillor vilified in the press over an innocent joke, a prince gets attacked over referring in a friendly fashion to his 'little Paki friend'. Perhaps it does not matter if those offended and upset are those who value such things as patriotism, courage, loyalty - all those attributes that are so admirable about our Armed Forces and the majority of the UK population.
  
  Under these circumstances you can understand why so many people seem to be turning to the BNP. They are wrong to do so but it is clear why they do.

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