Steve Ciobo. Representing the brains trust in the Coalition

What a good idea it is, and congratulations to Virgin, and particularly our forward  thinking Coalition government.  For backing the proposal that veterans be saluted upon getting on or off a plane. We need more militarism in our culture, and they deserve it. And a special thakyou for Steve Ciobo for suggesting that Qantas follow suit. You betcha!! If ever there was a war on, Brendan Nelson and Steve‘d be there over the top, in the first assault on the Maori’s, The Sudanese, the Boers, the Turks, the Germans, the Japanese, the Koreans, the Malaysians, the Indonesians, the Vietnamese, Iraqi’s, Afghani’s. To prove that we punch above our weight. Though no one gets a guernsey for saluting aboriginals. There never was a war with that lot, and besides they LOST!

Ex servicemen entitled to free flights, etc. etc..

Got a mate of mine, who was in the 14th field laundry. Once in 2014 he actually met an Afghani. He has never recovered. Though the event took place at Puckapunyal and the Afghani taxi driver was just dropping off an officer after a big night out in Seymour, you had to appreciate the shock my mate was in. For after all, we’ve been valiantly and courageusly gifting Afghani’s the annointment of civilisation for twenty years.  And we hear, not all of them are greatful. My mate is a sensitive type and is worried about his laundry getting into the wrong hands. They call that PTSD. There is a silver lining though. It makes him eligible for the next INVICTUS Games. 

A goose-step would be a nice way of honouring veterans at the airport.

I can see his point.  He’s deeply conflicted. And he reckons he knows people who actually served in Afghanistan, and may have shouldered a rifle. He says, they’re “Gods Soldiers”. That’s why he proudly displays an Aussie flag outside his Caravan. It’s unquestionable he reckons. If you carry a rifle for Australia you need recognition. Our Aussie men and women athletes get it when they row, poke, jump, power-walk for Australia. So why shouldn’t those who shoulder guns and put their lives on the line. But there has to be qualification. WE don’t want that treatment for ambos, fire fighters, surgeons of little kiddies who save their french poodles from drowning at Dreamworld. It should only go to those who wear camo gear, a slouch hat, and uphold traditional Aussie Values. 

And the same can be said for all the other in the military. The pen pushers the bum wipers, the attendants, the drivers the cooks, the bottle washers, the latrine diggers, for without them, the pointy end of Australian Foreign policy, would be BLUNTED!! 

So let’s salute them and for a bit of theatre, cos dressing up in uniform and wearring medals is pretty high theatre, can we do a lttle more than salute them?

Can we do a little march, as they walk off the plane?

Cecil reckons that the goose step is pretty fetching. It sort of stirs an emotional chord. 

 And swords raised  look pretty good. The flight attendants and baggage handlers could raise swords. 

Veteran of Truth Wars receives Order of the Bagpipe

And we also like the bagpipes. A lone bagpiper serenading the veteran off the plane would be priceless and the entire passenger filled aeroplane could watch in awe at the glorious sacrifice the veterans, some of whom  who may have even served overseas, have demonstrated. 

These ex-servicemen deserving of a salute and seat at the very front of the plane.

Though we’d have to be careful.   This would not be approriate for veterans disembarking from helicopters, cos veterans go funny with the sound of helicopters. What’s that quote we borrowed from the  Viet Cong? We love the sound of helicopters in the morning. 

And besides, by saluting we never ever have to think about why why we put them there in the first place.