Mood:

Slightly Puzzled
Listening to: Moonsorrow - 'Sankarihauta'
Watching: The Longest Day
I'm just reading an old story on the BBC News website, I remember seeing it on TV, and thought I'd say something about it, because it's really bugging me.
The news article was about a family in the UK who lost their Partner/Father. He left behind his girlfriend and 3 young children. The reaction from her was one of anger towards the Prime Minister, and blamed the death on him. Similar cases are all blaming the Prime Minister for the deaths of sons/daughters/fathers/mothers. Now I don't want to come across as a cold, heartless bastard, I mean yeah, it's very sad when somebody loses a family member like that and I sympathise with them (Here's the But)...
But...
...what the hell do these people think the military is? You don't join the military to play in a padded room with plastic guns. I hate to be the person bringing this shocking information to the public, but they are there primarily to... wait for it... FIGHT

and there is a possibility that they might DIE


.
In this country you're not forced to join, you do so at your own risk, and as soon as you sign your name, you are essentially signing your life away.
Now I'm not saying that I agree with the Prime Minister's reasons for going to war in situations like in Iraq, that's another matter, but hey, if you're in the military, and you're told to go and fight or enter a hostile environment, that is what you are signed up and paid for, no questions asked.
So the point I'm getting to is that it is no one's fault except their own. Families like that need to come to terms with what their loved one's role is, and either accept it, or persuade/discuss leaving and getting a civilian job instead.
Sorry for the rant but stuff like this irritates me for some reason, lol.
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