I often think that those of us who volunteered for "technical" arms like RAF aircrew or the Navy had this subconscious, ulterior motive - we were quite ready to die ourselves, but preferred to do our slaughter at a distance, where we didn't have to see the grim results or hear the screams of the dying. Put bluntly, there's something inherently wrong with asking a woman (however much of an Amazon she may be) to do this. And a nation which needs to ask it is not much of a nation in my book. Fuddy-duddy I may be, but that's the way I see it. - Danny
I am on exactly the same wavelength as Danny, to whom along with the many other sterling contributors to this wonderful thread, I wish a very happy Christmas and an even better New Year.
Jack