You are not going to believe this.
Well OK, when I tell you its about the American military you will.
In past wars it was accepted that soldiers who caught pox or clap (sexually transmitted infections) were regarded as having harmed themselves and denied sick leave. Some were even given a dishonourable discharge.
Consider that against a news story featured on American news blog Crooks and Liars.
A new government policy directed as American troops wounded in the Iraq war requires soldiers wounded in action (this is loss of limbs, eyes etc. we are talking about, not a little dose of the clap)are being required to pay back their enlistment fees on grounds that they have failed to fulfil their contract.
And if the yanks have thought of it, will it be long befre someone here thinks of it too.
The world gets crazier.