Friday, January 23, 2009

How To Bring Down The Morale Of Your Soldiers

Anger: A suspected Taliban fighter gets the best medical care at Camp Bastion

UK Solders' Fury As Wounded Wake Up In Bed Next To The Enemy -- The Daily Mail

Wounded British soldiers are waking up in hospital to find Taliban prisoners being treated in the next bed.

Servicemen at Camp Bastion in Afghanistan say it is appalling that our soldiers are forced to share a ward with enemy fighters who could have fired the shots that injured them, or killed their friends.

Yesterday one serving soldier, speaking on condition of anonymity, condemned the situation.

‘My friends who were injured were waking up in the hospital to find Taliban in the bed next to them,’ he said.

‘A lot of people are getting injured out there and the last thing they want to see when they come round is the Taliban on the same ward. It’s just not right.’

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My Comment: I bet these situations are not shown in the recruiting posters.

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