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<blockquote data-quote="nazcasteve" data-source="post: 806117" data-attributes="member: 3336">HI Pancho,it sounds like the classic situation regarding the 'small wars' of recent times - a lack of interest among the general public.&nbsp; The South Atlantic conflict was fought a long way from home for both sides, yet with a disappointing outcome for Argentina - people are want to quickly forget painful history of that nature. I would not be suprised if there is a somewhat similar reaction in the future among the general UK public towards Iraq and Afghanistan veterans- both unpopular conflicts with little visible success.&nbsp; I read an interesting article about how soldiers deal with 'coming home', dealing with public reception and then adjusting back to normal life.&nbsp; The report said that in older conflicts, where transport back from the combat theatre to the home country took longer, i.e. shipping times etc., that there was more of chance for a 'group healing' and 'cooling down' period for troops.&nbsp; This changed from the Vietnam conflict onwards, with troops flown home far faster then thrust into a harsh public reception, causing more post-traumatic stress problems afterwards.&nbsp; I foiund this an interesting theory and would like to hear what you and other veterans feel about it.Kind regards,Steve</blockquote>

[QUOTE="nazcasteve, post: 806117, member: 3336"] HI Pancho, it sounds like the classic situation regarding the 'small wars' of recent times - a lack of interest among the general public. The South Atlantic conflict was fought a long way from home for both sides, yet with a disappointing outcome for Argentina - people are want to quickly forget painful history of that nature. I would not be suprised if there is a somewhat similar reaction in the future among the general UK public towards Iraq and Afghanistan veterans- both unpopular conflicts with little visible success. I read an interesting article about how soldiers deal with 'coming home', dealing with public reception and then adjusting back to normal life. The report said that in older conflicts, where transport back from the combat theatre to the home country took longer, i.e. shipping times etc., that there was more of chance for a 'group healing' and 'cooling down' period for troops. This changed from the Vietnam conflict onwards, with troops flown home far faster then thrust into a harsh public reception, causing more post-traumatic stress problems afterwards. I foiund this an interesting theory and would like to hear what you and other veterans feel about it. Kind regards, Steve [/QUOTE]

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Guerra desarrollada entre Argentina y el Reino Unido en 1982