Panorama

cymrococh · July 16, 2013

This really got to me last night, maybe because Dan Collins is from the same area as me and could have been one of many mates of mine that went into the forces. The suicide video was one of the most harrowing things I've seen, fair play to the mother for letting it be shown. Some thoughts, mostly obvious and a bit trite, but it really hit these points home to me:

How young these boys are, 18 year old kids being sent off to kill
How as ever it is the working class that gets the sh*t, in any conflict, in any country
Why is it always the mothers who have to fight for justice? These women are at their lowest and the government forces them to dig even deeper to get what they should be entitled to - so many parallels with the Justice campaign
The number of our soldiers who have PTSD, imagine what its like for Afghans growing up now. There's a mental health crisis waiting to happen in that country, on top of anything else.
Another parallel with the Justice campaign, the dignity of those who have suffered in comparison to the underhand, mealy-mouthed tactics of the establishment.

I really hope something changes from this, but severely doubt it. Actually caring about the lives of soldiers would make a mockery of sending them to their death in unnecessary wars.

Edited July 16, 2013 by cymrococh

jimbolala · July 16, 2013

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