US forces get better recption than British

[Lemon Jelly]

American troops are pretty much branded as heroes by the US public and get good home comings where as British troops are branded more as murders and showered with abuse.

Why is this, do think it's because the USA are more patriotic you think?

BRAVE British troops returning home from duty are often greeted not with thanks but with ABUSE.

The hostile reception is a stark contrast to the heroes’ welcome given to American GIs.

FORMER Paratrooper Tom Poole was branded a “murderer” on returning to Britain after six months of gruelling fighting in Afghanistan.

He says: “We had only just finished our tour and we were back on camp in Colchester, Essex. We were getting ready to go for a run when two teenage lads on the other side of the fence started shouting at us, calling us murderers.

“I felt sick to the stomach that this is how we were seen by the public. We hadn’t even given our dead a send-off.”

Recalling another incident, he said: “I was on a train one day when I started to listen to a conversation between a group of passengers. They were a group of young men, probably in their twenties, and they were chatting over an old newspaper someone had left behind.

“Oblivious to anyone around them, they were saying things like, ‘Soldiers are all a bunch of f***wits. I’d never get myself killed, I hope they all die.’

“There are no words I can use to describe the rage which filled me inside.”

From the US soldier.

David, 40, feels the warm welcome his fellow countrymen have given him made his dangerous one-year mission in Northern Iraq worthwhile.

He says: “I know that I have been doing a job they can’t do or don’t want to do.

“It is a nice feeling to be treated so well but that has always been my experience while I have been serving in the US military.

“When I arrived back in Orange City I was treated like a hero.

“I had arranged to walk into my mother Judie’s church and surprise her.

“The pastor knew I was coming, but my mother still thought I was in Iraq.

“It worked perfectly – there were a lot of tears. It was a very emotional time. Everyone in the church wanted to thank me for what I had been doing.”

Dad-of-three David was even presented with an award from the local mayor for his part in the war on terror.

He explains: “I was invited to the town hall where a special ceremony was held in my honour. I met the mayor and was presented with a declaration of thanks for fighting for our country.

“It was a very proud moment and I am glad that my wife Dawn and my three boys were there to witness it.

“To be honest, the occasion choked me up – I realised just how much my work in Iraq had been appreciated.

Celebrated ... David receives declaration of thanks at special ceremony

Celebrated ... David receives declaration of thanks at ceremony

“The local council just wanted to celebrate my return. It is something they do for all the soldiers coming back from Iraq but it was a nice gesture, particularly as I volunteered to go over there.”

Full news link - http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article427371.ece

 

[Zeeble]

To be honest, most of the sentiment here seems to be pretty good towards the soldiers themselves.

But let's be honest, is The Sun the best "newspaper" to be quoting as far as factual references are concerned?

 

[Kate]

I guess the war was more broadly supported in the US than in the UK in the first place...

 

[kev]

The only thing you can trust from the Sun is the date...even then id look twice

 

[Zeeble]

The only thing you can trust from the Sun is the date...even then id look twice

Well said!

But seriously, they are far to melodramatic with their news reporting.

 

[Kenny]

UK version of the National Enquirer?
What a bunch of bat guano.

 

[Peter]

UK version of the National Enquirer?
What a bunch of bat guano.

If you want to go the whole hog Read the Sunday Sport. Thats the type of paper. Some of their old Articles include a supposed ww2 bomber found on the moon and a supposed bus found in Antarctic ice (we know that can't be true for a start, when have you ever seen a bus by itself, we all know we wait ages then 3 come at once)

The Sun generally report on real stories but if they cannot find facts to support their article they will simply make them up. It is a typical low brow tabloid newspaper.