`  ::   ::It's way too late to write this, but I have a late start tomorrow. You must NEVER allow people to disparage you for having served. What you did is a source of pride and self-respect. You must always remember this.   ::Years ago I lived up in BKK, and my very best friend (Australian ex-special forces) trained some of you guys out in Cambodia. He always commented on how good you were.   ::My friend was eventually shot dead outside his house in BKK back in 2001. That changed my life. But I'll tell you a story that happened in the late 90's. My friend and I did ``a mission`` in Burma and (after a series of events which I won't describe) ended up in a remote village in the middle of nowhere. The village was tiny, and tethered to a pole next to a teak tree was a strange-looking pig. But it wasn't a pig; nor was it a cow. It was the oddest-looking animal we'd ever seen.   ::And then my friend worked it out  the animal was a Javan rhinoceros. True story.   `