Too bad this farce was never a war to begin with.
7/13/13, "UK soldier and veteran suicides 'outstrip Afghan deaths'," BBC
"More British soldiers and
veterans took their own lives in 2012 than died fighting the Taliban in
Afghanistan over the same period.
The Afghanistan death toll was 44, of whom 40 died in action. ...
The BBC's Panorama programme obtained the figure of 21 through a Freedom of Information request to the Ministry of Defence.
Seven serving soldiers have been confirmed as having killed themselves last year, and inquests are pending for a further 14 deaths where suicide is suspected.
The British government, unlike its American counterpart, does not record the suicide rate among ex-soldiers.
But Panorama has independently established that at least 29 veterans took their own lives in 2012.
It wrote to every coroner in the country to ask for the names of soldiers and veterans who killed themselves last year and also analysed newspaper reports of coroners' inquests."...
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