More importantly, if your country were being invaded what would your response be?

Do you want to doff your cap, print "WELCOME" across your chest, and lie down to be walked over.

Because, no matter what country you inhabit, that would be the only choice for all you soldier haters, if your country did not have a properly trained standing army.

When the invader is marching unopposed up Dover High Street, it'll be a bit too late to be saying "Oo'er, I've changed me mind".

Of course, if we do have a standing army, you'll still be able to let them know how much you appreciate them, by calling them "Killer", "Mercenary", or any other of the charming pejoratives so beloved of the intellectually challenged.

Bottom line,...like the Police Force, you may not like them, but you would be a total damn fool to get rid of them.

Don T.