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Irish soldiers making a difference in Syria

lightspeed · 2014-08-31 10:22:29

Well not sure if they making much of a difference in the overall conflict but some positive news that some our soldiers managed to save some filopino solders from the hands of ISIS. http://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/heroic-irish-troops-rescue-filipino-4131748 Fair play to them, it cant be easy being over there at…

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Well not sure if they making much of a difference in the overall conflict but some positive news that some our soldiers managed to save some filopino solders from the hands of ISIS.

http://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/heroic-irish-troops-rescue-filipino-4131748

Fair play to them, it cant be easy being over there at the moment.

Our minister for defence seems quite concerned by Irish troops being placed in danger but i kind of look at that i think "What would you expect?

Of course they need to be properly supplied, but my own perspective is that they volunteer and are trained for dangerous situations. If that is not their purpose, than what are they there to do?

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