I think Guest is correct to make us think about this matter,regardless of the hurt feelings.
All inhabitants of this earth should look on one another as brothers.
Enemies are in the main, invented by politicians and religious lunatics.
The politician will exhort the soldier to kill "enemies of the State " on one day, and the next will be inviting the same "enemy" to shake hands with the Queen, or join in "democratic government"
Its no wonder the military man,who is usually "intellectually challenged" anyway,doesnt know if his arseholes' punched or bored.
Getting back to the subject ,I just missed "National Service " in the UK,but I remember ,most of my friends who did serve their two years in the forces returned brutalised,and hardly recognisable in personality.
The photographs are sure to reinforce the belief held by Moslems,that
Western culture is corrupt and disgusting.
A belief that I have shared for a number of years....Ake