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PaulB quote "we all more or less understand and take it as read that the guys are doing a great job over there...there's not much else to say about that"
Oh really?
No I dont think so and I find it appalling to suggest that we should simply 'take it as read'. Or, to put that another way, to take our troops for granted. That is simply wrong.
I really am not sure at all that most people do understand what the troops are doing. How can you say that when my client who is in the PWRR gets shouted at in the street, in Canterbury, while in his 'deserts' accused of being a child killer.
We cannot shout loudly enough, or often enough, our support for these lads in the face of such ignorance from the minority.
Last night I watched the whole of the first episode and there was the young lad on the patrol interviewed, an 18 years old, what that boy has experienced, what he has seen and done, 95% of 18 years olds will never ever see or do. His maturity was a testiment to what the Army has done for him and those experiences he has had, he shames those other 18 year old hoodies standing around on the street corner. These troops are the cream of our youth and deserve to be recognised as such.
There is no-one on this forum more political than me but you are also wrong to say that the politics of this is more interesting. The human side of it is much more interesting and that is what our troops are doing daily basis. The politics is important but that is not what I started this thread for.
Well said Terri....