A Brit Abroad

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My name is Terry and I'm a 50 something year old dis-enchanted ex-pat Brit living in Cyprus. Why am I dis-enchanted? You'll find reasons enough throughout my tumble log, along with quirky items that amused me and things I think need highlighting, and occasional quotes from some of my favourite novels. Oh, and maybe some original work of my own.

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Thu May 28
Even as they battle the enemy around the world, as many as three soldiers try to kill themselves every day. The number of those who have succeeded is higher than it has been in nearly 30 years. “We are at two to three times the rate today than we were in previous years,” said Col. Dallas Homas, chief surgeon with the Army Medical Corps. “It is of grave concern.” “This is a very stressed force,” said Army Secretary Pete Geren at a Senate hearing earlier this month. In the past four years, Army suicides have skyrocketed — from 67 in 2004 to 143 last year. So far this year, the Army has already tracked 64 potential suicides — a pace that could bring a new and tragic record.

ABC News: Combat Stress Gives Military Pause (via retropolitics)

Did you notice within the first sentence? “Even as they battle the enemy around the world,…” . America wages war around the world, anywhere in fact except on her own soil. When any other country does this it’s called imperialism or aggression but when America does it, it becomes self defence. When the Soviet Union was invited into Afghanistan by the then communist led Afghan government, it was portrayed by the West as a clear act of aggression and imperialist expansion. However when America and Britain are invited in by the new pro-western government it’s a whole new ball game. Maybe it’s past time for America to sit back, take a deep breath and ask itself if it’s current foreign policy is really sustainable.

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