cazatou, perhaps the main reason for the insulting comments from predominantly sandaholic yoofs is that they are in self-denial about the spam bum-licking, unelected world policeman role the UK's armed forces have taken on, thanks to that lying little $hit Bliar?
Invading other peoples' countries at the behest of some dim-witted 'merkan presidente is certainly not something which would have recruited me into the RAF. I don't believe in illegal wars.
Why on earth should 'expeditionary warfare' be considered the primary military task for the RAF these days?
Is it surprising that so many people seem to want out? They might cite all manner of excuses, but I suspect that the basic fact is that few people in the RAF still believe in what they're doing.