Thanks for that link it always amazes me how the media approaches this issue.
Though nowadays not directly connected to any military those I have known in the past know what they are getting into when they join and do so knowing that unfortunately they may loose their lives as a result of doing what they believe in.
This is something that the media cannot grasp that a military life often means sacrifice both in time away from family and also in actual loss of life or serious injury but those that do it, do it willingly and do it knowingly - they are not sheep blindly being rounded up by a barking sheep dog following each other.