The antihero
12-22-2008, 09:02
Link (http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article5277034.ece).
A German parliamentary report has revealed that in 2007 German forces in Afghanistan consumed about 1.7 million pints of beer and 90,000 bottles of wine. During the first six months of this year 896,000 pints of beer were shipped to German forces in Afghanistan. British and US bases in the country enforce a strict ban on alcohol.
The physical condition of the soldiers was already in question after a German armed forces report found that 40 per cent of its soldiers aged 18-29 were overweight, compared to 35 per cent of the civilian population of the same age.
Personally I find THIS much more scandalous.
German Tornado aircraft are limited to unarmed reconaissance
German Medevac helicopters have to be back at base by dusk
German forces limited to the northern areas of the country where there is a lower level of fighting (though the level of fighting there is now beginning to change)
US forces have been very frustrated by the caution of German rules of engagement - German troops operating alongside US forces have refused to open fire on occasion for fear of causing civilian casualties.
A German parliamentary report has revealed that in 2007 German forces in Afghanistan consumed about 1.7 million pints of beer and 90,000 bottles of wine. During the first six months of this year 896,000 pints of beer were shipped to German forces in Afghanistan. British and US bases in the country enforce a strict ban on alcohol.
The physical condition of the soldiers was already in question after a German armed forces report found that 40 per cent of its soldiers aged 18-29 were overweight, compared to 35 per cent of the civilian population of the same age.
Personally I find THIS much more scandalous.
German Tornado aircraft are limited to unarmed reconaissance
German Medevac helicopters have to be back at base by dusk
German forces limited to the northern areas of the country where there is a lower level of fighting (though the level of fighting there is now beginning to change)
US forces have been very frustrated by the caution of German rules of engagement - German troops operating alongside US forces have refused to open fire on occasion for fear of causing civilian casualties.