Ok where to start...
Define 'veteran'...
Ex-servicemen?
No disrespect, that term is meant to cover both sexes, call it service personnel if you wish.
Ok, we all know that covers a huuuuuuge spectrum of involvement, risk, effort etc.
Do ALL qualify?
What about my mate, a copper. Now I haven't read the attachment, so if it was covered, sorry. He ran teams breaking into drug houses. Do he and his team qualify?
Do we want to mention firemen, nurses, coastguard, HMP, etc. All of whom face risk and danger. I know I have missed some, I'm sorry.
And yet I don't think that any of this is actually that important.
It's about national Psyche.
We are a traditionally reserved people. We tend not to congratulate or thank people easily. Until we do, and I am not convinced it is necessary, this may well be devisive.
So, and with no desire to be unappreciative, kinda 'Thanks but no thanks?'......
Obviously that's personal, but I can, by logic, speak only for myself.