Fantome (post #108), go back and read the use of the word 'sent' - post #63
The implication being that the PIC was 'sent' to his death by the RAAF. He wasn't 'sent' anywhere by the RAAF. He had choices.
It's unfortunate that someone of Bill's stature falls into the trap of using emotive language in an endeavor to sway opinion. Reminds me of someone else whose name escapes me.
If you regard 'sent' as legitimate in the context that it was posted, and think such use was 'professional,' then we inhabit separate planets.