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    You are totally missing the point PaulB.

    He was telling the troops that their courage matches that of the Olympic athletes. The key word is courage. There can simply be no comparison, no athlete in their training runs have road side bombs to contend with... they are not shot at...

    It was as if the olympic champions are beacons of bravery that Brown so patronisingly said the troops matched up to? The words dedication and commitment could have been appropriately used but not courage. Its not courage that wins a 100mtrs gold but sheer hard work and dedication.

    Words are a key tool of politicians and Brown using such inappropriate and clumsy phrasiology underlines what a twit he is. If he thought he would please his audience, the troops, then he certainly failed dismally. A BBC reporter (strangely enough) actually said that in talking to the troops he was even facing the media and not the soldiers themselves!

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