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I know this isn't really a thread for comment, but the last video moved me to reply. Not moved in the sense that I possibly should have been.

I just wondered who it was aimed at?
If my brother, father, lover, best friend was away - doing anything, anywhere - I would love them, miss them, support them. If they died then my reaction at their coffin would be grief and their loss would hurt.

Servicemen and women are brave, they do something I didn't choose to do, but they are trained personnel and they are doing a job. They're not the local baker who get caught in crossfire, or the local butcher pressed into a militia with no training.

I'm not anti-forces by any means, but showing pictures of services children is a low blow. Anyone in a high risk profession (down to and including drug dealer) has a choice whether to reproduce. Don't ask me to well up because you took a chance with your own life, however noble.

Sorry, end of being heartless. Just as I said - it struck a bum note with me, seeming to appeal to people who spend every single day thinking about the potential sacrifice their loved ones are making for political ends.