I watched "Back to the Front" with my dad tonight, it was about the Falklands War. Interviews with Falklands folk today living great lives in a prosperous community, and interviews with the Falklands folk of the day who aided the British troops because they were
ed with the Argentinian invasion.
Also, footage from Port Stanley where Argentinian troops had s*it on the Post Office floor, using it as a toilet. Left hand grenades lying about the place, and treated the streets as rubbish dumps. You would have thought Port Stanley was occupied for a year or so, not many months.
It was a great programme, brought back some memories of the place for my dad. "What a sh*thole that place is, not a f*cking tree in sight. And all who live there are bennys" ...
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"When you go home tomorrow, don't expect anyone to know what you have been through. Even if they did know, most people probably wouldn't care anyway. Some of you may get the medals you deserve, many more of you will not. But remember this, all of you are now members of the front-line club, and that is the most exclusive club in the world." - Lt. Col. Matthew Maer CO 1st Battalion, the Princess of Wale's Royal Regiment. Camp Abu Naji, Oct. 2004
To those in that club.
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