General   (General discussion, talk about anything.)

g/day to you 59.
i concur wholeheartedly with everything you said.we are the best, nay, i would say the very very best when you take into account the equiptment we have, or should i say the lack of equiptment, and yet,which army in the world, would any other army have alongside them in any conflict...the brits.
i dont know if you are that old x59 to remember the korean conflict,the big retreat at tis particulat time when the yanks were in full flight, remember? the whole front would have collapsed. what was needed was a force to dig in and hold up the chinese drive...of all the allied armies in korea, it was the GLORIOUS GLOUCESTERS, who were told to stand and fight, whilst the rest of the allied armies could regroup and make a stand.its saddens me today, to have to listen to so much political b**l about our brave lads. if theres any spin to be got out of the victories of the brit servicemen,the political suits are in there rapid. remember thatcher after the falklands were retaken, she had a ball. she sounded off like she had done the fighting, and she had chased the argies out.i have passed x servicemen on the streets of london, begging for a cuppa,why is this???the newcomers have advisers to fall back on when arriving here, why cant these lads get the same advice. the man that goes into action situations, is never again the same man. his whole personality changes, thats why so many returning soldiers end up getting divorces.sad, very sad.
i will and always have worn my poppy with pride, in fact, i feel 7 feet tall when wearing it...woe betide the a******e that tells me it aint conjunctive now with our diverse communities