CZECH soldiers in Afghanistan have let their British command down...

Started by Octavian, April 22, 2009, 02:23:50 PM

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Octavian

April 22, 2009, 02:23:50 PM
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"CZECH soldiers in Afghanistan have let their British command down by refusing to fight terrorists several times, the Czech daily DNES wrote today.

When asked by the Britons to attack Afghan rebels, the commander of a special operations unit (SOG) said "we're not going to, it's dangerous,'' then ordered his men to get in trucks and return to the base.

On another occasion, an SOG commander decided that the task the Britons had set ran counter to the unit's mission.

Yet another time, a commander said he could not help as his soldiers were on vacation.

"I find it hard to recover from the news I get about this unit. It harms the reputation of the army,'' Czech Defence Minister Vlasta Parkanova told the daily.

Her ministry is now investigating the commanders of the SOG unit of up to 35 soldiers, currently deployed as part of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Logar province in eastern Afghanistan.

The daily said SOG should not be confused with an acclaimed special unit of 100 soldiers serving in the southern Kandahar province within the Enduring Freedom operation.

The Czech army, which has lost three soldiers in Afghanistan since 2007, has another 275 people working in the Logar provincial reconstruction team, serving under ISAF.

The SOG commanders argued that Czech laws did not say clearly whether their unit, trained to free hostages, should also help fight terrorists or protect humanitarian convoys.

The daily added the army was looking into the relevant law, but it was too late to mend its reputation now that that the Britons had started to work with Danish troops instead, leaving the specially trained Czech soldiers to serve as ordinary guards or bodyguards for diplomats.

A Czech soldier who was left guarding the base recalled how the Britons and Danes "left to fight and only laughed at us with contempt.''

Perhaps Siege should command them?
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Valmy

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April 22, 2009, 02:25:23 PM
First the Czechs refused to fight for their Emperor in World War I, now this.  Czechs are cowards.
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Berkut

#2
April 22, 2009, 02:25:43 PM
QuoteA Czech soldier who was left guarding the base recalled how the Britons and Danes "left to fight and only laughed at us with contempt.''

Damn, first Munich, and now this.

Poor bastards.
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Martinus

#3
April 22, 2009, 02:27:01 PM
Quote from: Valmy on April 22, 2009, 02:25:23 PM
First the Czechs refused to fight for their Emperor in World War I, now this.  Czechs are cowards.
They are smart. And hot.

Savonarola

#4
April 22, 2009, 02:27:48 PM
Quote from: Octavian on April 22, 2009, 02:23:50 PM
CZECH soldiers in Afghanistan have let their British command down

The British should handle this the way Lettow did when his dog failed him.  They should give the Czechs to a black family.
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Valmy

#5
April 22, 2009, 02:27:56 PM
Quote from: Martinus on April 22, 2009, 02:27:01 PM
They are smart. And hot.

It is nice to see even gay men can appreciate Veronika Zemanova.
Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

Strix

#6
April 22, 2009, 02:28:44 PM
Quote from: Valmy on April 22, 2009, 02:25:23 PM
First the Czechs refused to fight for their Emperor in World War I, now this.  Czechs are cowards.

Only need to watch them play hockey to figure that out.
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The Brain

#7
April 22, 2009, 02:31:56 PM
If they have those fruity uniforms Havel designed then I can't really blame them.
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garbon

#8
April 22, 2009, 02:32:13 PM
Quote from: Savonarola on April 22, 2009, 02:27:48 PM
They should give the Czechs to a black family.

Sassy black women. :wub:
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#9
April 22, 2009, 02:36:39 PM
hmm.. apparently Chamberlain was right to screw over the Czechs are Munich...
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A terrorist which starts a slaughter quoting Locke, Burke and Mill has completely missed the point.
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April 22, 2009, 02:41:43 PM
Quote from: The Brain on April 22, 2009, 02:31:56 PM
If they have those fruity uniforms Havel designed then I can't really blame them.

Can we see an example?
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The Brain

#11
April 22, 2009, 02:55:15 PM
Google uniforms prague castle.
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Siege

#12
April 22, 2009, 07:28:13 PM
Hahaha, what kind of soldier look for a justification to NOT go outside the wire and shoot some natives?



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Razgovory

#13
April 22, 2009, 07:36:35 PM
Quote from: Siege on April 22, 2009, 07:28:13 PM
Hahaha, what kind of soldier look for a justification to NOT go outside the wire and shoot some natives?

A sane one.
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Razgovory

#14
April 22, 2009, 07:40:03 PM
Though seriously, "It's dangerous" and "we are on vacation" are really poor excuses.  I wonder if they told the Soviets that.
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017
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