Originally Posted by rickholio

I'm told that the north atlantic is particularly brutal (the salt gets into everything and rips it to shit). Where did you fly out of?

I don't see apathy towards the millitary from the public viewpoint. Air shows, Tattoo and so forth are always well attended and enjoyed by all. There is certainly less bloodthirst, but that's because we, as a general rule, abhour senseless violence. We're all for sensible violence, though.
There was a period of time (post somalia) where things definately took a turn for the worse though. Hard days for the forces. :Oh crap
And honestly, there may be an element of 'antiharperism' in there. Harper beats beats beats on the drum All. The. Time. Can't get him to shut up about it, which is part of the reason why he is so often associated with american attitudes and so many people think that anything harper suggests must be a bad thing.... and largely they'd be correct, but not all the time. :winkwink: