I was born into an British army family.  My father spent much of his life in the army. He joined as a young man and left when he was an officer some thirty years later. I never liked the military and still don’t. But I did my military time even as a kid. Military schools and then Conscription. Joined the RAF and got kicked off a course for fighter pilots. I have never accepted the propaganda story that the military  was to defend me and my country from attack by enemies, It’s too simple and glib. The British army had its share of attack andRead More →