Sunday, May 28, 2006
1,000 UK Soldiers Desert Since Iraq War
...and I say good on them. (From the BBC). If I ever was to sign up to the Army, it would be to defend this country, or attack a direct threat to this country. Not to help George Bush's commercial interests or Blairs ego.
Why would anyone want to fight in a foreign country, risking their lives, especially when the occupied country doesn't even seem to want them there? Who's going to be happy at the end of it? The civilians that manage to survive? The families of dead soldiers? Or just the oil companies?
Why would anyone want to fight in a foreign country, risking their lives, especially when the occupied country doesn't even seem to want them there? Who's going to be happy at the end of it? The civilians that manage to survive? The families of dead soldiers? Or just the oil companies?
