Hats off to them

[DimPrawn]

Don't worry about DP. He's a fantasist who claims to be a millionaire and to earn £100K a year, writing a bit of code in Swindon.
But he's always posting here. Every forum has their Walter Mitties. On here it's DP, AtW and Threaded.

You've got more posts than me! How's your team of 100 subordinates?

[original PM]

Why is Iraq about to invade the UK?

no but Germania did about 50 years ago.

The Argies had a go at a british colony about 20 years ago.

I appreciate you are just trying to be offensive to liven up YOUR Friday afternoon but y'know spare a thought for the dead and those they left behind eh?

[sasguru]

You've got more posts than me! How's your team of 100 subordinates?

I have 5 subordinates and run a small specialised team. And have you ever seen a senior manager do any work?

[DimPrawn]

If you want to support our troops in Iraq, demand our "leaders" bring them home. They had no place to be there fighting in Bush's personal vendetta against Saddam Hussein, under the sycophantic Tony Blair.

[sasguru]

What about the troops in Afghanistan which is what this thread is about?

[original PM]

They are mainly in Afghanistan now and not Iraq.

Look where Afghanistan is on a map and draw your own conclusions as to why they are fighting there

what do you think they are trying to stop?

[BrowneIssue]

Bomb disposal. Does anyone ever draw a pension in that trade?

Yes. My father-in-law.

[DimPrawn]

They are mainly in Afghanistan now and not Iraq.

Look where Afghanistan is on a map and draw your own conclusions as to why they are fighting there

what do you think they are trying to stop?

I've no idea. What are they trying to stop? Since the terrorists are trained and based in Pakistan, I'm not really sure? Control the Opium trade?

[Board Game Geek]

Arguing about the politics involved is really ignoring the original point of this thread.

Focus on the people, the men and women who are doing an incredibly brave and dangerous job.

It's easy to sneer that politics put them there, but as far as I know, none of them were forced to join the services. They volunteered.

And each one volunteers knowing that they are offering more than just their time, their skill, their family and their loved ones.

They are volunteering their very lives.

And until you can offer the same level of committment, the majority of us are not even worthy to lick their boots.

[DimPrawn]

You've not seen me at renewal time.