Well I never went back mainly because of that, and the Afghanistan war broke out shortly after and two of the blokes from my home town got gunned down by one of the uniformed Police officers over there so I always think I never made it in for a reason :D
But I agree I think a lot of people have started to get behind the armed forces now, more so with the Lee Rigby thing. But I have my own suspicions on that if I'm honest. Government and media scaremongering. But I have been in the AE and the way people use it and abuse the staff is disgusting.