Quote Originally Posted by Marshal Murat
Theirs not to reason why, their but to do and die. Ironic how ancient ideas like flanking have gone through the years with very little change, so why can't Tennysons immortal words not be as applicable as flanking or concentrated fire?
WW2 changed our ideas of what soldiers are supposed to be and do in relation to their states. Theoretically at least, soldiers are supposed to ponder individual orders and question their ethics. That said, I don't see anything unethical about bare deployment, though I still think he should have been given what he wanted and sent to Afghanistan. British and American soldiers who've served in both unanimously agree Iraq is R&R compared to Afghanistan, much like how Kafirchobee felt his transfer to Vietnam was pleasant and relaxing after the time he spent in Korea. So let him have his ethical protest, and let him take his chances against the notoriously bloodthirsty Pashtoun. Ask the Brits to give him one of their ludicrously dangerous missions, and if he survives, give him a medal as he'll have earned it, and if he doesn't, small loss.