Saturday, July 23, 2005
Just in case you did not notice the parallells to Viet Nam
The London Telegraph has this story about the ugly presence of drug use by troops in Iraq.
Aware of the debilitating effect drugs had on the morale and effectiveness of GIs in the Vietnam War, the authorities are attempting to stifle a repeat in Iraq.That always worked in the past.
Aside from random urine tests and barrack room searches, commanders have asked their troops to inform on colleagues.
Since the overthrow of Saddam's regime the borders that have been so porous for insurgents have been equally open for heroin and hash smugglers from Afghanistan and Iran providing a cheap market for troops. With colleagues being killed or wounded on a daily basis, some US soldiers have turned to drugs to escape the horrors of fighting insurgents.And so it begins.
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