I agree, The word hero is now way too overused and lost its meaning somewhat. A soldier is electrocuted whilst repairing a generator in Iraq then brought home a hero ? What was so heroic about that. At most an unfortuate loss of life but thats it. If you took the soilder and Iraq part out and posted...
The thing is that British soldiers don't have a say in where they are posted. Do you really think they want to be in the middle east? They are sent where the Government says and have to do the best they can to achieve the Government's objective. They are professionals, and just get on with it. If w...
Focus BM Focus. The issue raised here is about the term hero being applied willy nilly. Not wether there is a need for a country to have an armed force or questioning the bravery of men and women who enlist. A soldier dies reparing a generator or another gets crushed while reparing a tank although v...
Back to the OP...for a change. Its always going to be the "if you don't like it leave" policy. Nothing is ever really going to change here for the for seeable future atleast. But soon this temporary workforce model will fail but by then it will be too late. I see there is a younger generat...