tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7099099432720184584.post728518618438697583..comments2023-10-28T19:42:01.039+01:00Comments on Going fast, getting nowhere: VeteransRichardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15743685798068014455noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7099099432720184584.post-15236245082889986352010-09-26T01:56:27.152+01:002010-09-26T01:56:27.152+01:00Excellent post. It should always be remembered tha...Excellent post. It should always be remembered that soldiers don't pick the wars. However dishonourable a cause might be, that is not their doing and nor is their sacrifice any the less as a result. At the very least, the country owes them gratitude and respect for that.<br /><br />As for America, there were some pretty shoddy episodes during and post-Vietnam: an indication, if any were needed, that an unjust - and worse, a lost - war does polarise public opinion and the military take a lot of the fallout from that. Something Blair should have taken on board before committing to several of his own. Or perhaps he did, and just didn't care. Shameful on so many levels.endemoniada_88noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7099099432720184584.post-10268918655230965982010-09-25T23:14:11.116+01:002010-09-25T23:14:11.116+01:00I understand why you would say that, and I appreci...I understand why you would say that, and I appreciate your sentiments, but I don't agree that disrespecting anyone should be a matter for legislation. That would interfere with people's right to say what they think, however abhorrent, and we are too far down that road already. Now, if they were to amend the laws on assault, so that disrespecting the armed forces was considered "sufficient provocation" for giving someone a right bloody pasting, that might be something I would support. That turd of a 'boyfriend' in the Mirror story needs his head kicking. He might understand that - he obviously understands little else.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15743685798068014455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7099099432720184584.post-80105995349198596732010-09-25T22:49:06.570+01:002010-09-25T22:49:06.570+01:00I agree entirely.
My grandfather died at sea, blo...I agree entirely.<br /><br />My grandfather died at sea, blown up by a German mine, in WW2. I don't suppose his last moments were very dignified. I remember him and others with the deepest respect, and I include all those service personnel fighting today.<br /><br />Sadly, it might be necessary to legislate to make disrespecting the armed forces an offense. At least it would send out a signal that abuse of them is wholly wrong.Wrinkled Weaselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05291551539649118631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7099099432720184584.post-49289537231917352072010-09-25T21:29:27.171+01:002010-09-25T21:29:27.171+01:00Thank you, Gymi. Much appreciated.Thank you, Gymi. Much appreciated.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15743685798068014455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7099099432720184584.post-74509543990656085552010-09-25T20:07:37.854+01:002010-09-25T20:07:37.854+01:00Thumbs up Richard, great post.Thumbs up Richard, great post.Gymihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10779702640188273134noreply@blogger.com