Friday, 17 July 2009

Oh, heck!

THAT’S a worry.

Or, at least, the news I’ve heard today, is.

Do you remember me mentioning, a little while back, the worrying news that an old friend had been posted to Afghanistan, on Tuesday?

More specifically, Greg’s with the 2nd Battalion, The Rifles.

What’s got me worried — although I doubt as worried as his immediate family — is the news I saw, this morning, on the BBC; that an unnamed soldier from that battalion was shot, yesterday morning, whilst on patrol in Helmand province.

Well …

Phew …

I can — and indeed, have — pontificated about the various wars, police actions, and engagements the British Army, along with others, have been involved with, in recent years. Both here, and on one or two other sites.

But I’m thinking that news like that really does being home a very simple fact.

Quite simply, the fact that people are dying, in Helmand.

And — arguments about helicopters and other equipment, aside — that’s a scary truth.

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