PPRuNe Forums - View Single Post - The Falklands / The Malvinas - (again?)
View Single Post
Old 17th Feb 2010, 17:29
  #30 (permalink)  
barnstormer1968
 
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: bristol
Age: 56
Posts: 1,051
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
D O Geurrero
(and sorry for thread drift again)
IMHO the memory of the war splits the nation for two different reasons.
There is the political ambition over the islands, which can be laid in the lap of the politicos, rather than the general public. Then there is the very deep sore of the way officers/NCO's treated some of their men during the war. This cuts deep all these years after, with two opposing camps: Those who wish to forget and move on; and those pushing for justice for their family members (or former members).
The latter group seem to crop up on radio 4 occasionally, and I must admit it is a rare thing for modern countries to be pushing for a witch hunt against their own military.
barnstormer1968 is offline