Not that I served in the Falklands but I think there were ceramic plates with padding behind them. Still a lot of Bren guns about even now though in the third world.
Never read anything about body armour for the average squaddie and images of the time fail to show the bulk that was standard for flak jackets and the like, although the Argentines apparently did equip some of their regulars with it.
I wonder where you get your ideas about the United Kingdom (in this case); have you ever been here?
He didn’t really explain himself but, from his description, I assumed he was talking about places like North Korea rather than the UK.
…healthcare; in the UK it is free for everybody for life (although you can pay to go ‘private’ if you want to, and can afford it) whereas in the USA most (all?) healthcare has to be paid for and you have to buy healthcare insurance, if you can afford it.
Americans know about this – there was a bit of an argument not so long ago when the republicans tried to bring down Obama’s plans for cheaper health care. They even slagged off the NHS for reasons I forget at the moment. The current right wing stance is that if you can’t afford it then just die, something else I learned when I worked over there.
In the UK we pay more taxes to fund this but we don’t have to buy insurance and, no matter how old or sick we become, free healthcare will always be provided (with some limits at the extreme ends of the spectrum).
That was it! They don’t want to pay taxes!
Plus no one ever really lost money by investing in medical insurance companies. Especially when the Investor-State Dispute Settlement is introduced: companies will be able to sue the government when things like nationalised industries interfere with their opportunity to make a profit: the NHS would be a prime target, especially if/when privatisation becomes difficult to maintain (rising costs, falling profits) and the government has to step in – the lawsuits would start flying and billions of pounds would seep west across the Atlantic. All part of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership…
Erm, back on topic.
Actually, are you happy with life in the USA, and its government? That is a genuine question!
Previously he has moaned about his president and the fact the democrats are in place, that and the bitchin’ about Leninists above – this should be interesting!
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