Depressed, well let me tell you what my day was like yesterday

Well, I haven't been blogging with the frequency that I once did, been feeling a little under-the-weather, bit depressed I guess.
I have been following the Chilcot Inquiry into the Iraq war, which is enough to make one depressed in itself, and kinda cross referencing with Craig Murry to gauge reaction and comment with a once FCO Ambassador and his astute group of followers of his website.
Craig also suffers from depression, not surprising really, considering what this government did to him.

But, the reason for this post is not to draw attention to my own, or indeed Craig's current mental state but to the notion that depression is, in someways related to how much control we have over events as demonstrated in this comment on Craig's site.

Depressed, well let me tell you what my day was like yesterday.
We were travelling through a small village about 60km north of Kalemie, we were waved down by a group of people very excited and anxious, we stopped. To cut a long story short, there was a 4 year old kid, very sick with malaria in the village, so we were asked to take a look and see what we could do. We tried for an hour to get an IV line in, but the kid was too far gone. I watched him die, nothing we could do. Local hospital was 7 hour drive away over terrible roads, and even if we could have got him there,they probably would not have the drugs to treat him.
Then it get's interesting. We had originally gone up there to destroy 7 land mines next to a small village called Nyunzu. Half way through the clearance proceedure, one of my guys realised 3 of the mines were booby trapped. I pulled my guys out and did the job myself. 2 hours pouring sweat under a tropical sun not knowing if next minuite would be the last...eventually I got the fuses out and we blew them with det cord and explosives. I spent most of that night throwing up. Morale of the story Craig, don't get depressed just because some prick lies through his back teeth to save his arse, there are bigger problems out there Bro. Miss ya...

Posted by: Frazer at January 27, 2010 7:26 AM

Reading that has not only inspired me to write this blog post, but to try and get some perspective on my own lack of control.

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Whistleblower takes Foreign Office to employment tribunal - Telegraph

(From the Telegraph)

Whistleblower takes Foreign Office to employment tribunal

A Foreign Office official cleared of leaking confidential documents is taking his former employers to an employment tribunal.

By Nick Britten
Last Updated: 7:01PM GMT 19 Nov 2008



Derek Pasquill has accused the Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) of unfair dismissal and victimisation.

Mr Pasquill, a 49-year-old diplomat, was suspended for 23 months from the FCO after passing documents to the Observer and New Statesman relating to Government policy in the wake of the 2005 London bombings.

The papers were said to refer to secret CIA flights and the UK's contact with Muslim groups.

Mr Pasquill, from Notting Hill, West London, who worked for the FCO for 24 years, was acquitted in January of six charges of making disclosures damaging to international relations under section 3 of the Official Secrets Act 1989.

His trial collapsed after evidence emerged that the leaks, about the Government's involvement with radical Islamists, were not considered damaging.

Good luck mate!

I took one of my former employers to a tribunal once, they just didn't present any documentation and the case couldn't proceed.

Employment Tribunals........

Window dressing.

Whistleblower takes Foreign Office to employment tribunal - Telegraph

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