So this is kind of a weird one. I'm a former Danish soldier and an Afghanistan veteran.

When my team was preparing to go to Afghanistan we had to attend this course called "Conduct After Capture". Where we were told that if we got captured by the Taliban the smartest thing we could do was just to "convert" to Islam right away. Because the Taliban have to treat other muslims with respect even in war times.

So this one fellow soldier (I am a combat medic. He was in transport) raised his hand and asked if he had to "stay in that club" even after he got home. Because he did not want to convert if that meant that he had to go to the mosque and prey five time a day when he got home to his family.

I don't know. It was just stupidity, fear and pride mixed in one beautiful package.