Values in Afghanistan
So one in five soldiers on the front line in Afghanistan is unfit to fight? So, say all the news reports this morning.
Why are people so surprised by this? Years of defence cuts; campaigns in Iraq run on not enough soldiers or sufficiently good equipment, and politicians and civil servants covering their tracks in shifting sands make it surprising that the ratio is so low.
A 19-year old boy from our village was the first British soldier to be killed in Afghanistan this year and his body was returned yesterday. He may have been one in five according to some people's value calculations but, for others, I'm sure he was one in a million.
Why are people so surprised by this? Years of defence cuts; campaigns in Iraq run on not enough soldiers or sufficiently good equipment, and politicians and civil servants covering their tracks in shifting sands make it surprising that the ratio is so low.
A 19-year old boy from our village was the first British soldier to be killed in Afghanistan this year and his body was returned yesterday. He may have been one in five according to some people's value calculations but, for others, I'm sure he was one in a million.
Labels: Afghanistan, Iraq, soldiers, war
posted by Fencreative at 8:50 AM
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