Originally Posted by
airsound
Don't really know how to say this - but I guess US troops might be accustomed to that idea.
On the other hand, MSF people would have no expectation of it - and why should they? After all, they're not war-fighters - they're the people who cope with the results.
airsound, Doctors Without Borders have, as an organization, been in some pretty rough places over the years, to include conflict zones. I seem to recall that they were in Afghanistan as long ago as when the Soviets were still there. That's 30 years of knowing that this is a rough neighborhood, especially when the fighting is back on ... as it is in Kunduz.
I thus believe it reasonable to assume that they have at least some corporate knowledge -- even if a few current members may not have personal experience -- of how dangerous it can be to provide their assistance in a conflict zone when things heat back up again.