The "Cannon Fodder" tells his tale

"I know a number of schoolteachers. One of the things about them that has always amazed me, is their ability to sum up a child just by looking at his face. "He's ambitious, he'll go far", or "Dead eyes. Look at those dead eyes. He's trouble", or "I'm afraid there's not a lot in there". I never saw what they saw, but then I didn't have their experience, and they usually turned out to be right....

...However these days, just across our northern border, there is excitement and adventure, beckoning our no-hopers like a beacon. Iraq..."
TRP

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