Pretty frequent now though isn't it?
Reading letters from retired officers (in the printed press) who back a particular political point, or politician - it makes me nervous because of the connotation ..that that may be speaking a particular line that could be accepted by the reading public as what servicemen/woman think or want.
Seeing politicians posing with the military I don't like to see at all, anyway. Because its all about them, always is. You never seem to see them with the injured, the scarred.
Seeing politicians in the press (especially the TV media) posing alongside serving RAF officers, with their or rather with our aircraft, and with BAE as a background (a private company with the scruples of an alley rat)....that makes me think who has been bought by whom.
Had to get that off my chest.