BBC News have reported about a parade in Edinburgh of soldiers who just returned from a tour of duty in Afghanistan ("Edinburgh Homecoming"). The soldiers of the 3 Rifles and 1 Scots - that means 3rd Batallion of Rifles Regiment and 1st Batallion of the Royal Regiment of Scots - spend six months in Afghanistan during which they lost 30 members and another 80 were injured. The 650 soldiers marched through the streets of Edinburgh where they met princess Alexandra, who later presented them with metals. ("Edinburgh Homecoming")
This article is useful example of the separation of military and the war. The conflict in Afghanistan is most likely very controversial, but this article discuss only the soldiers - the men and women who were in the conflict. Whenever the conflict is justified or not is a political question. The article focues on the people who had to fight and die in the conflict and the public giving them their respects. Discussing the issue of war would probably not be appropriate. The news may have a pro-war agenda, but it is not extremely apparent. The agenda seems more like "we are glad that they are home and we respect what they have accomplished" ("Edinburgh Homecoming")
What do you think? Should the question of war be separate from the issue concerning soldiers themselves? I would argue that it should. Military after all exists also in peacetime. I am interested in your opinion.
Works Cited
"Edinburgh Homecoming Parade for Afghanistan Troops." BBS News. May 15, 2010.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/8669156.stm
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