02-04-2012, 09:44 AM
Im a strongly opinionated person and will snap out for the smallest of things. I can see his point of view and as said there are a lot of jobs that are dangerous in there own ways in which people wouldnt appear on the news for if they sadly lost their lives.
However, as said before, there is a lot of us that also dont beleive in the conflicts we currently are involved in. Unfortunatly, and we knew it could happen, we will be sent there regardless to fight in the governments interests and for whatever reason they see fit. As a result people will be killed and maimed in action. I however still feel a 2 minute news bulletin just naming the soldier/soldiers involved/killed is more than just in a news normally populated by other shit, pointless and pathetic stories. For instance, Tulisa sucking someone off is not more important than letting the public know that unfortunatly another man/woman has lost there lives SERVING (not fighting for) this country.
In the forces we generally feel the public dont understand the job, and possibly give some of the soldiers the recognition they deserve. This is fine i guess, we all know the risks when we join.
However think about the fuel strikes, where people at my unit and no doubt other units were all stood up on wednesday ready to cover civilian fuel tankers in case of strike action. Think of the fire strikes, when soldiers took on their role in substandard equipment doing a very important service to the country. Remember that this was just before the invasion off Iraq, just or unjust, the period before a tour is stressful as it is without having to do someone elses job! Finally, the olympics where again soldiers will provide man power to do medial jobs (not security per se) because the government ran out of money in order to create enough jobs to cover the above.
Sorry for the rant Tom it may have been uncalled for.
However, as said before, there is a lot of us that also dont beleive in the conflicts we currently are involved in. Unfortunatly, and we knew it could happen, we will be sent there regardless to fight in the governments interests and for whatever reason they see fit. As a result people will be killed and maimed in action. I however still feel a 2 minute news bulletin just naming the soldier/soldiers involved/killed is more than just in a news normally populated by other shit, pointless and pathetic stories. For instance, Tulisa sucking someone off is not more important than letting the public know that unfortunatly another man/woman has lost there lives SERVING (not fighting for) this country.
In the forces we generally feel the public dont understand the job, and possibly give some of the soldiers the recognition they deserve. This is fine i guess, we all know the risks when we join.
However think about the fuel strikes, where people at my unit and no doubt other units were all stood up on wednesday ready to cover civilian fuel tankers in case of strike action. Think of the fire strikes, when soldiers took on their role in substandard equipment doing a very important service to the country. Remember that this was just before the invasion off Iraq, just or unjust, the period before a tour is stressful as it is without having to do someone elses job! Finally, the olympics where again soldiers will provide man power to do medial jobs (not security per se) because the government ran out of money in order to create enough jobs to cover the above.
Sorry for the rant Tom it may have been uncalled for.
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