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[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Have just finished watching this ......................about the young soldiers returning from Afghanistan......Whatever your views about the war........these are very brave men..........some with triple amputations yet only nineteen years old.

[Albs2]

Heartbreaking,I hope its worth it.

[Lizzie_Zoom]

Yep, it is painful viewing and I just cannot image how much they are going through!

Ironically it is only because of the great advances in battle field medical care and the follow up treatment that many of these poor sods are still alive.  In another age many more would die!

[Andy B]

Mrs Andy B was in tears watching it. Some of the injuries of these very young lads were horrific.

[webby23]

Yep, it is painful viewing and I just cannot image how much they are going through!

Ironically it is only because of the great advances in battle field medical care and the follow up treatment that many of these poor sods are still alive.  In another age many more would die!

Think that goes for medical care in general for all us civvies too......!!!

 

[cem_devecioglu]

Afghanistan is a damn swamp..

and many locals there living primitive ages with primitive heads.. :-/

unless these problems are solved, no matter how many soldiers from many countries you sacrifice, it will still be same.. 

[p j morgan]

we have just been watchingad it.young lads .brave is not the word courageous men! Its terrible .why?bring them home.

[Squealey]

Half way through it, my wifes in pieces and to be honest im not far behind.

That poor lad who's lost both his legs and possibly his sight, god, you just want this stupid 'conflict' to end tomorrow.

I hope to God all those spineless suits in Westminster are watching it, but I seriously doubt it. They're all out Sha**ing rent boys on their/our expenses.

This program shows how great we are as a nation but also how crap we are as a nation!!!!

God bless all our brave men and boys out there. We all appriciate what your doing, even if some of us (me included) have no idea what your doing there!!!!

Wayne

[Albs2]

Just finished watching this .The strength of character of these young lads is incredible.It makes me feel ashamed when I think of the trivial things that I moan about in life.

[Entwood]

In my previous job I had the honour of meeting some of these guys, and carrying them "down the back" of the flying truck, sometimes with full emergency medical teams. The attitude and downright courage was humbling to say the least .. even in pain and knowing what was to come .. they were upbeat, resilient and showed no regret or despair

I compare them with some of the low-life scum I meet in the present job and I sometimes wonder just what is going wrong.

The world seems be polarising more and more into extremes with no "normal" centre

[Vamps]

In my previous job I had the honour of meeting some of these guys, and carrying them "down the back" of the flying truck, sometimes with full emergency medical teams. The attitude and downright courage was humbling to say the least .. even in pain and knowing what was to come .. they were upbeat, resilient and showed no regret or despair

I compare them with some of the low-life scum I meet in the present job and I sometimes wonder just what is going wrong.

The world seems be polarising more and more into extremes with no "normal" centre

I understand exactly what you mean.....

[Debs.]

I watched in slack-jawed admiration; brave, decent young men with such mental-strength and unflinching loyalty to their Regimental 'mates'......what exemplars of the human spirit!

[feeutfo]

the London bombings and 911 seem very distant memorys now.... Our troops arent getting govt. support as far as i can tell? Media Reports the U.S. are far better equiped in IED detection,  is that the case ? Does anyone know for certain?

Where's Gaffers? Been quiet lately?

[Omegadoha, Desert Member]

I hope that Bush and his poodle Blair are happy.

[Banjax]

well i for one wouldn't like iran holding all the cards when the oil runs out - we need a base in iraq and afghanistan, its unthinkable if we didn't have control of the oil - now sad as it is, you can't tell me these guys don't know being a soldier  involves following orders (whether you agree or disagree) and being shot at(one of the reasons i didnt join the forces was precisely these 2 issues). i think you're all being a bit patronising feeling sorry for them - thats the last thing they'd want - sorry but war is hell as someone once said, and these guys know the risks and are trained to deal with them, unlike the 100,000s of civilians killed by war across the world - its all a matter of perspective