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Originally Posted by papa smurf
the term canon fodder springs to-mind
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It doesn't spring to my mind. Detailed news reports from embedded reporters and graphic video footage from both official and unofficial sources is all over the place, including the internet so I don't see how anyone can be all that ignorant as to some of the realities of war. When the term cannon fodder was coined the world was a substantially different place and soldiers were considered dispensable, men were often forced to fight or totally misled in order to secure their services. I really don't see that's in any way true of the British Army now.