The post 'up the page' said:
"Soldiers have won us some of our freedoms, trades unionists and politicians others."
And:
"A free press can, and sometimes does, help to guarantee some of our freedoms, and sometimes helps warn us when they are under threat, or when our freedoms or values are being undermined."
Is it really so hard to give credit where credit is due? Why the compulsion to credit the military with winning us everything we value?
And why is it so hard to criticise rogue members of the military who mistreat captives and/or civilians, in just the same way that we'd harangue incompetent politicians or irresponsible or unprincipalled members of the press, condemning them robustly while recognising that they are not broadly representative?
Does it really have to be quite so black and white?