Over 1,000 soldiers have deserted from the UK Army since the invasion of Iraq, according to Ministry of Defence (MOD) figures this is increasing at a rapid rate as the conflict drags on – 186 soldier have currently absented themselves without leave (AWOL) so far this year.
I read one solider’s comments for going AWOL and totally disagree with his reasons “of not agreeing with the war in Iraq”. I speak with a vested interest in that I spent a number of years in the UK Royal Navy, but last time I looked, we did still have a volunteer Armed Forces here in the UK and surely when this ‘guy’ signed up on the dotted line, he must have realised that he would be going to have to fight someone, somewhere at some stage in his army career.
Perhaps he feels that he should have been asked by his superiors if it was okay for him (and all the others that have gone AWOL) to go to war before the conflict started!
I fully support all of our armed forces in the tough jobs that they have to do, both in Iraq and at other conflicts around the world. Going AWOL will serve no purpose whatever the deserters think about conflicts they have been told to fight in, it only puts extra strain on those that have to do the work after the deserter has gone and believe me, those that do remain will never forgive a deserter, ever.
Tags: UK Army, Royal Navy, Iraq, MOD
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