I don't know about other countries, but the UK has awlays had a pretty shitty attitude towards ex-soldiers. Fine if they can march up and down every now and then and support the current militarised status quo, but caring for injuries or long-term ptsd is something they'd just rather not do.

There is also the issue that a post-colonial country also encourages large numbers of non-residents to join its army. and then, at the end of their service, to quietly go back to the country they wanted to escape with next to no pension, support or medical backup having wsted 20 or more years of their lives when their ambition could have better served them establishing themselves in the local community.

So this is a good decision, but imo it's only a start. We owe a duty of care to all who have served in the armed forces, a duty so far callously evaded.

keep to the Fen Causeway