Afghanistan
Am I angry? You bet I am. Go to the BBC site which I show below which shows the deaths in Afghanistan:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/5121552.stm
this sad site lists every death of British soldiers in Afghanistan since 2001.
What is noticeable is that between 9th April 2002 and 28th January 2004 there were threee, yes three deaths in Afghanistan.
The causes as listed were one accident, an unlawful killing by a British soldier, and the the third was the suicide of the soldier who carried out the unlawful killing.
Now what has gone so terribly wrong that we are now learning of an ever more disastrous situation with regard to our soldiers. No wonder Sir Jock Stirrup says that we 'are stretched beyond the capabilities we have'.
We must announce our withdrawal from Iraq, our soldiers signed up to fight for Queen and Country not an American President who will soon leave office.
The reason why Afghanistan has failed is that the military, under orders from the government, transferred must needed resources to Iraq. For what?
So, when Gordon Brown goes before parliament yet again he will have to be sombre and say how terrible and sad it all is but they are dying for a noble cause and it must not be in vain etc...and then what exactly. This is a disaster and must not be tolerated, what is the point other than for our soldiers to die, for what?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/5121552.stm
this sad site lists every death of British soldiers in Afghanistan since 2001.
What is noticeable is that between 9th April 2002 and 28th January 2004 there were threee, yes three deaths in Afghanistan.
The causes as listed were one accident, an unlawful killing by a British soldier, and the the third was the suicide of the soldier who carried out the unlawful killing.
Now what has gone so terribly wrong that we are now learning of an ever more disastrous situation with regard to our soldiers. No wonder Sir Jock Stirrup says that we 'are stretched beyond the capabilities we have'.
We must announce our withdrawal from Iraq, our soldiers signed up to fight for Queen and Country not an American President who will soon leave office.
The reason why Afghanistan has failed is that the military, under orders from the government, transferred must needed resources to Iraq. For what?
So, when Gordon Brown goes before parliament yet again he will have to be sombre and say how terrible and sad it all is but they are dying for a noble cause and it must not be in vain etc...and then what exactly. This is a disaster and must not be tolerated, what is the point other than for our soldiers to die, for what?
posted by Catch22 at 12:50 AM
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