A sad read indeed. Unfortunately this is not new. No country ever loved there soldier as much as their soldiers loved their country. I remember reading about p

A sad read indeed. Unfortunately this is not new. No country ever loved there soldier as much as their soldiers loved their country. I remember reading about pay issues in the roman army when I was at the university. It hasn't changed in 2 000 years. Apparently the roman soldiers experience that their families back home didn't get their pay, and wives was given receipts where there was subtracted xx day for "leave" because their husbands was dead at the time. We can only speculate if there is any motive and reason her, or only incompetence…