Soldiers Die

The British government has recently been strongly criticised for sending The Black Watch to a new, more dangerous posting where sadly, a few have died. I have much sympathy for the relatives of these men but they have no right to be angry at Tony Blair. Try to imagine the criticism Blair and the whole nation would have faced had we refused the American request, they would have rightly asked if our men were soldiers or a bunch of wimps.

Soldiers sometimes die, that's part of their job description!

Rightly or wrongly, we're in Iraq and we have to see it through, governments will always make mistakes. These men did not die because they were sent to Iraq, they died because they joined the army.