back then had to do before their parliament for permission to send our troops to fight elsewhere? I don't know what they think. But after these comments I think many of them are sick to their stomachs at the derision directed toward their families, to their service and their sacrifice. 5/n

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So how do you think the men who served think reading these comments. What do the children of those who fell or whose fathers lost a leg or were permanently disabled think? What do the people in the countries that sent troops think? What will today's political leaders think if they, like me 4/9

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Estonians were among the first to go in. They were mainly stationed at Forward Operating Base Wahid, 30 km inside Taliban territory. You could only get there via helicopter flying fast at low altitude. I visited them when I was in office in December 2010. I'm the one with the white shirt 3/9

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This is a picture of the monument our troops put up at Fort Bastion to their fallen comrades. When Estonian troops left, they took home their monument too. The picture is of the monument they built. A young son of one of the fallen was there when I officially opened the monument. 2/9

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🧵 My small country, Estonia, population 1.3 million sent 2003-2014 over 2500 soldiers. 9 were killed in the line of duty. 109 wounded, half of them so seriously they could no longer lead a normal life. In Iraq 2003-2009 we had more than 440 soldiers. 2 were killed. 18 seriously wounded. 1/n

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