Posted 9:16 AM by Paul
VC - A young black man (he is from the West Indies) has just been awarded the VC. The first since the Falklands War in 1982 and the first non-postumous VC since the late 1960s. In an act of incredible bravery he survived an ambush and dragged his comrades out of burning personnel carriers with no thought to his own safety. He did this on two separate occasions. Apparently this all happpened last summer. This reminds me of the old adage that soliders don't fight for Queen and Country. They fight for their regiment and their mates. It is also very telling that none of this was reported at the time, possibly because he was badly injured and might have died. There is pretty obvious news management going on. A brave man who deserves his VC and all the attention but anyone who thinks this award at this time is unconnected with the General Election is just not paying attention