Dry Dutch Soldiers
They have what?! Is it too late to change teams?
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From Reuters:
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch troops helping earthquake survivors in Pakistan have complained that while they are subject to an alcohol ban, Spanish and British soldiers laugh at their austerity and turn up drunk at their campfire.
"We were told before we arrived that alcohol was banned in this country or else very difficult to get hold of and we accepted this," one soldier told the Dutch daily De Telegraaf.
"The Spanish drive around with cars full of Heineken ... and the English laugh at us when they show up at our campfire drunk," another Dutch soldier said.
A Dutch defense ministry spokesman said it was standard policy to ban alcohol in Muslim countries in line with local custom and Dutch troops were being well looked after.
I know that American soldiers have to follow local custom forbidding alcohol, though a lot of bootlegged and smuggled booze turns up. But drunk Brits and Spaniards goofing off and cavorting? C'mon now... surely we can run a humanitarian mission without hitting the hard stuff?
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch troops helping earthquake survivors in Pakistan have complained that while they are subject to an alcohol ban, Spanish and British soldiers laugh at their austerity and turn up drunk at their campfire.
"We were told before we arrived that alcohol was banned in this country or else very difficult to get hold of and we accepted this," one soldier told the Dutch daily De Telegraaf.
"The Spanish drive around with cars full of Heineken ... and the English laugh at us when they show up at our campfire drunk," another Dutch soldier said.
A Dutch defense ministry spokesman said it was standard policy to ban alcohol in Muslim countries in line with local custom and Dutch troops were being well looked after.
I know that American soldiers have to follow local custom forbidding alcohol, though a lot of bootlegged and smuggled booze turns up. But drunk Brits and Spaniards goofing off and cavorting? C'mon now... surely we can run a humanitarian mission without hitting the hard stuff?
