Apparently, conditions in Afganistan's national military hospital were atrocious in 2010 and may still be. Military men told a Congressional hearing earlier this week, "There were open vats of blood draining out of soldiers' wounds, there
was feces on the floor. There were many family members taking care of
their loved ones. The family members were emptying these vats of blood
to help their patients out." This is not new. Last year the Wall Street Journal reported that at the same hospital Afghan soldiers often died from neglect or lack of food as some
Afghan doctors and nurses demanded bribes for food.
For some reason,
Lieutenant General William Caldwell, who headed the training mission in
Afghanistan which oversaw the hospital, did not seem interested although he was aware of the conditions. One of his subordinates, Col. Mark Fassl, asked for an investigation by the inspector general. Caldwell told him to withdraw the request. Fassl said that Caldwell asked, "How could we do this or make this
request with an election coming? He calls me Bill." There is speculation that "he" in the last sentence was President Barack Obama.
Did people continue to suffer because of an election?
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