‘Morale is going to be at an all-time low’: Iran war troops living on meager rations
www.independent.co.uk
‘The food is tasteless and there’s not nearly enough and they’re hungry all the time’
  • CultLeader4Hire@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 months ago

    I am an American, I also read it so I can answer you.

    The military is feeding the troops, just very poorly and quite frankly this should be a huge scandal. People are also sending food via care packages to their family members but military zip codes across the region were “closed indefinitely” so there’s no where to deliver to. The air spaces are closed because the region is at war. In the paragraph directly after the part about airspace:

    “Interruptions and delays in mail service have been a part of every American conflict since the Revolutionary War,” he told the outlet. “Communications and supply networks that work well during peacetime are invariably disrupted during wartime."

    It’s a supply lines during wartime thing

    If we can’t even feed our troops or keep the most basic function of our government open as opposed to just disrupted, the US is founded on our post office practically! it’s a very bad sign for us being able to keep supply lines open for a war.

    • Mothra@mander.xyzEnglish
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      3 months ago

      Thanks for replying but this doesn’t give me a satisfactory answer. I understand that during war you as a civilian may not always be able to deliver items to troops, and that the post may not always be able to reach places.

      However the country should try to feed those troops and keep them alive, otherwise what’s the point? Why would you kill your own troops?

      If it is well known that you have this group of people starving, why isn’t the government doing anything about it? Why aren’t they even bothering to reach them? Forget the post, the “best army in the world” can’t spare a single vehicle with supplies to reach starving troops? It’s not a situation of nationwide famine or poverty. They have resources. I just don’t understand why this is being allowed to happen. There isn’t a reason stated anywhere for the post to stop working, or for the army to not do anything. Who benefits from this? The whole situation appears to be easily preventable and solvable yet nobody in a position of power is doing anything? Why?

      TLDR basically I don’t understand why it’s not a scandal and why anyone is trying to fix it. You said the army is feeding the troops but poorly and this leaves me just as puzzled.