So, What's All This Janes/Sun Fuss Then?

This is Bo'n'Dage FM and you're listening to Kevin Boatang and his buns of steel, wadin' in on behalf of all you truckers out there. Can I get a whoop? Thought not.

Nothing like lowering the tone on a sensitive issue that's what I say.

Now, this bloody Jacqui Janes thing. I've stayed away from the subject in order to see what is going on, and what is going on is what I thought in the first place: The Sun are a bunch of shits.

Mrs Janes is obviously very sad, upset and in mourning and given the chance will vent that on the bastard who helped to invade the place her son got shot. The Sun, helped by uber-twat Dominic 'China White' Moran, have given her just that chance. Along with a cheque, a recording device and lots of air time.

It struck me as being like the last episode of 'The Thick of It' where a wife is exploited in her campaign for justice for her dead husband.

There are, however, a few things about this sorry episode that should be approached bit by bit.

First is the simple fact that rather than attack the war, The Sun decided to attack the Prime Minister's handwriting. This speaks volumes about the state of this country, I mean for fuck sake people the guy has a sack of shit the size of Denmark ready to be dumped on him, his poor handwriting due to being clinically blind is not in it.

Second is that the phone call was a lynching, the extracts can be read here.

Thirdly and most amazingly, Gordon Brown still employs the same PR team. As possibly the worst PR people in history I find it quite amazing they still have a job. Only Brown and his team could turn something so simple into a total nightmare. I await the claims that the backlash against The Sun has caused sympathy to happen for Brown as was their intention all along and victory...

Lastly though, is the whole reaction to the war. Namely, people seem to misunderstand what the word 'war' means. I don't really support the war in Afghanistan, although I can see both sides of the argument. I don't support the methods we are using on either the hearts and minds front or the guns or bombs side. However, I do grasp what a war is.

In a war people die. Armies exist and they exist so that they can kill people, be it defence or otherwise. The people they kill, in the main, tend to be soldiers of other armies and in return those armies try and reciprocate.

Yesterday was the day that people say 'Lest We Forget', not just the sacrifice of a generation, but the very outcome of what war is - lots and lots of dead people.

No one in Afghanistan is a conscript like Vietnam or the world wars, or even doing national service like Korea (something that is largely forgotten). They joined the army of their own accord and in return for the rock climbing and snowboarding they are expected to get shot at and in turn shoot others.

It should then come as no surprise that this is what happens. I have immense sympathy for the loved ones of those killed and injured, but it is not an unexpected consequence. It would be unexpected if they were a traffic warden in Gateshead.

What we are seeing is an increase in the shock that when you invade another country and wage war body bags arrive home. That is meant to be the whole deterrent against going to war in the first place.