VERSION|0.5.1|NAME|Scottish Susan|DATE|1367318846|CONTENT| [b]The government of whatever day it is will be continually banging on and on about how wonderful the army is and how we must all worship at the shrine of militarism[/b] 

Yes Matt, I too am dreading it and I deplore the growing tendency of the last few years to portray the armed forces as Our Heroes, and any disagreement at all with that sentiment as deeply unpatriotic (although, as implied in some other posts, patriotism is a deeply flawed idea anyway).

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