Don’t confuse the soldier with the policy. That is what happened to all of the Viet Nam vets.
I have served with Brits in years gone by, and find them to be great soldiers, although, I could never understand how they could drink all night and get into a brawl, and only have a few shiners to show for the effort. Americans, being the most deadly force in the world, would have wreaked far more in the way of injuries.
But this post reminds me of 1980′s Germany, when, because I spoke German, I was assigned to be the liaison to the French Army who were officially politically in NATO, but their forces were not. The reality was that they were politically outside of NATO, but their troops were willing to fight with us in Germany (at least to the last German).
Soldiers implement policy, we do not make it. It was the Tory government that betrayed us, not the Tommys in the trenches.
God Bless everyone in this war, and get them home safe when the job is done.
