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May 30, 2008

Dutch soldiers oppose Afghan war [Peace and war, Human rights] — Administrator @ 1:06 am


This video is called U.S. ‘turned blind eye’ to torture of Afghan prisoners.

According to Dutch NOS TV:

30 May 2008

Soldiers critical about Uruzgan

Half of the soldiers think the mission in Afghanistan does not make sense.

This became apparent during a poll by TV program NOVA of 261 members of four military trade unions.

The chairman of the [officers] union NVO, ex commander of the Dutch army Couzy, thinks that this is worrying. “Top brass shout that this makes sense and that things are going well. However, if asked about it anonymously, most think it has no use”, Couzy says.

According to NOVA TV, the poll was
representative research among commissioned and non-commissioned officers of the Air Force, Army, and Navy.
See also here.

And here.

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