I put Middle Earth Journal in hiatus in May of 2008 and moved to Newshoggers.
I temporarily reopened Middle Earth Journal when Newshoggers shut it's doors but I was invited to Participate at The Moderate Voice so Middle Earth Journal is once again in hiatus.

Sunday, November 28, 2004

British asking questions

The British are asking questions about the wounded soldiers coming back from Iraq, Relatives fear for forgotten war wounded. They are forgotten, much as the wounded US soldiers are forgoten in an attempt to hide the true cost of the war in Iraq.
Nearly 3,000 British soldiers have been evacuated from Iraq to Britain for medical reasons since the beginning of hostilities there last year, The Observer can reveal.
The news will raise concern that the true cost of the British involvement in the war is being hidden. British forces have so far suffered 74 fatalities, details of which are released by the Ministry of Defence. But, in contrast with the Americans, the number of British soldiers wounded on the battlefield is not made public. Modern medical techniques and the widespread use of body armour mean around six men are wounded for every one killed.
The British government, like the Bush administration, realizes that if the true cost of the war was known the already sagging support of the citizens would dry up. How about them "moral values" you red staters?

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