I recently took a course led by a grizzled old Korean War and Suez peacekeeping force veteran named Robbie. On a lunch break I sat outside eating while he smoked and lamented the state of the modern Canadian military to other students.
He said that while he served he earned something ridiculous like 6 cents a day. Soldiers these days he said, expected big money and creature comforts like cell phones, video games and Tim Horton's coffee while killing on our behalf. I don't quite know if he was resentful or jealous that he had put in so much for so little. But it does speak to the changing nature of the military and how much comfort the modern solider demands. I bet the military can't wait until their have soldier-bots fighting for them.
But it is strange isn't it? These two fellows have somehow hauled portable heaters out to the middle of a hill in the presumably frigid Afghan countryside. I wonder if they brought along their Nintendo DS and text their wives and girlfriends regularly: LOL sitting on hill 4 6 daze str8.
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