I grieve for the victims of course, but the Paras are there as a peace keeping force trying to give Afghans the peace they have been denied for twenty plus years. And who else is offering to perform that singularly thankless role? Brit soldiers are are on the ground in trouble spots the world over, not overflying but on patrol with a rifle. If the poor scroats, months without seeing home, trying to sustain relationships by mail and pathetically brief phone calls, have screwed up they will surely pay. This is not 1970. A little gratitude for what they are attempting would not be unreasonable to expect.

Yes makin' mock o uniforms that guard you while you sleep
Is cheaper than them uniforms,an' there starvation cheap.
Keith.