Tombstone.
My point is that if you have to protect our servicemen from the society they are supposed to be fighting for, then something has gone horribly, horribly wrong.
The simple fact is we are fighting in 2 unpopular wars where people on the street feel we are far worse off now than when this began. (extra security, petrol prices etc). I have had far more respect from the locals in Basrah and the Stan than I have had from our beloved public back here!
With that in mind, our politico elite are not going to open/retain any military hospitals. It does not grab headlines or win votes.
Makes you proud to serve doesn't it?