I am not ex forces, unless you count army cadets and the scouts, but I do respect what the armed services do in our name and for us.
Saying that, I also respect the other services that serve us, I respect the Fireman who will put his/her life on the line, to go into a burning building and see if anyone is there, I will respect the Police Officer who will go up against an armed robber, unarmed, I will respect the ambulance and hospital personel who turn up or are attacked or abused just for doing their job.
But lets look at the armed forces, they cannot strike, they cannot say no I won't do that, they have to go where the goverment says, if they don't they lose their job or in the old days, they went to jail or where shot.
Yes they joined will free will and under normal circumstances, they can have a great career, travelling around the world and seeing and experencing different cultures, but in a heartbeat they can be asked to put their lives on the line because we have elected a goverment that requires them to do so.
I go to the usa for holidays every year, the first time I was coming up the elevator at Atlanta airport to get my suitcase, and all I heard was clapping, I was well impressed that they knew I was coming, but alas it was not for me, but the clapping was for every serviceman/women who are coming back from hostile lands.
In the 70's, the usa citizens spat on their own countrymen and women because they served in the conflict that their goverment had sent them to do.
Nowadays the Usa goverment and citizens understand that they owe a great deal for every single serviceman/women that will do what a lot of them will not or cannot do.
My dad served this country in ww2, he didn't have too because he was irish. But he came over and ended up in Dunkirk, after that and some training and so on, he was transferred to the far east, this didn't work out too well either and he spent 3 years in a japanese pow camp, when he was rescued at the end of the war, he was blind because of the lack of food and he spent 1 year in a hospital in Australia recovering before being shipped back home to jolly england.
On his return was he treated like a hero, not on your life, who is going to rent a room to an Irishman, the adverts stated that there are no vacancys for Blacks, Dogs and the Irish
If you want to compare bankers to servicemen/women then that is up to you, because my father fought for you to have this freedom of thought and I am sure not going to take that away from him.
and if the grammer is not perfect, well f*** off
