howard - It is the viewpoint of a British soldier and it is shared by many others who are equally colourful in their description of the Government. Essentially, while I would use different language, I agree totallly with the thrust. Do take a look on ARRSE you will see what I mean.
Brown cares little about the Forces (he has demonstrated that by how he has starved them of funds while lavishing money on every other department of State). There is a massive pacifist streak in Labour that is very hostile to the Forces indeed, always has been, but is is more true than ever today. They just dont understand Defence, at least the present generation, previous generations of Labour leadership did have some very distinguished ex-servicemen (inc Attlee to be fair...)
Take a look:
http://www.arrse.co.uk/cpgn2/Forums/viewforum/f=3.html