Torchwood Tonight 9pm

In this world of doom and gloom we all need a break, recharge the old mental battery, well here is the show for you, Torchwood the spin off from Dr Who. The show has been transferred to BBC 1 and is on for five nights. The first two nights have been great, Captain Jack and the Team are on the run. The Government wants to kill them, No Captain Jack has not tried to chat up the PM!! The aliens 456 are on the way, how come the the team was not asked to deal with them, they better be more scary that the Daleks and Cybermen. Have to admit my favourite is Gwen Cooper, player by Eve Myles, intelligent, attractive and can shoot two guns at the same time, what more can a man ask for, we all know what Captain Jack would ask for, but beyond the scope of this page!! On a more culture side, what is fantastic about Captain Jack Harkness as played by the one and only John Barrowman is that through Dr Who and Torchwood it has changed this Bloggers view about gay issues. As with Willow in Buffy, Jack has allowed old culture Conservatives like me to change my previous views on different cultural issues, like gay marriage, now in favour. It is through good story telling not been told that its PC to change one views, that cultural opinion can be changed, so thank god for Willow and Jack, could we ever get a crossover between Buffy and Torchwood.

National Disgrace - UK had to borrow Air Transport from the USA

The Times: Reports that UK military has to borrow ten helicopters from the USA for Operation Panther’s Claw, the UK surge action in Afghanistan. This is WW1 and WW2 again, it come to something when the UK can not afford to transport its own troops, lets be honest and direct here, the economy is in the toilet, we don't have the money, but what ever it takes we need to protect our troops, we cant defend them against IED, and now we cant transport them in safety without the Americans. If we are going to have a Defence Review, lets review if we should be in Afghanistan. The War in Afghanistan is going to take years, and in that process at the end of the day we might be in the same position as we are now, a weak government that can only rule Kabul, the rest of the country under different Tribal and Military Chiefs, the Taliban/Terrorists in the mountains waiting for us to leave. In that time we will have lost many good Armed Forces Personnel and spent billions, and at the end of the day it will have been for nothing, our troops deserve better than, lets review of Afghanistan and get out, lets fund a group in within Afghanistan that will defend UK interests, in other words stop any terrorists attacking the UK.

UK Defence Secretary Defends UK role in Afghanistan

BBC News: Reports on a speech by the new UK Defence Secretary Bob Ainsworth, Mr Ainsworth has rejected the comparison of Afghanistan to the Vietnam War. Mr Ainsworth thus needs the sack, lets be honest, we don't have the troops, our troops are the best in the business, but they need more support and the kit sent to our troops is based on a economic agenda. The UK Treasury hates to spend money on vehicles that cant be destroyed by an IED. Our brave troops in some actions are back in the Trenches, this is the 21 Century and we are fighting in the Trenches as in World War One. The Taliban have stated that they wont stand and fight, they would lose such a direct fight, they are going to use insurgent methods. The War in Afghanistan broke the USSR, lets hope it does not do the same to the UK.

Death in Afghanistan

MOD: Reports on the death of another British Soldier in Combat, the Soldier is from the " The Light Dragoons ". Also the MOD named the British Soldier killed by accident in Afghanistan, " Captain Ben Babington-Browne from 22 Engineer Regiment, Royal Engineers, died in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan on Monday 6 July 2009. " Thus in total 146 UK Armed Forces Personnel have killed in combat and thirty have died of accidents, illness or other incidents. In total the UK has lost 176 Armed Forces Personnel in Afghanistan, in Iraq the UK lost 179. The War in Afghanistan will take years and will cost more deaths and treasure. WHAT IS THE EXIT ROUTE ?

Vietnam and Afghanistan & Iraq - The Left Start the Same GAME!

The New York Times: Has an article on the death of former Secretary of Defence Robert McNamara, the man that lead the USA in to the Vietnam War under JFK and LBJ. As expected the Liberal Left has started after Iraq to compare Afghanistan to Vietnam, the article states the following, " None of these wars had clearly articulated goals or endgames. " Thus as stated in this blog, the Liberal Left will start to cause problems for President Obama next year, they want out of Afghanistan, when ever a war is not over in a hundred hours the Liberal Left show a yellow streak a mile away. The operation in Afghanistan will take more than year, it will take years, the Obama and UK surge has just started, the Army of Pakistan is fighting the Taliban/Terrorists on many fronts, this war is going to take years. Obama will have to show backbone, this is the war he wanted to fight, well he might he find that he has to fight own base first before taking winning over the Taliban/Terrorists.

No Green Light to Israel - Obama on Israel and Iran

TJP: Reports that President Obama has stated that he has not give the green light for Israel to attack the nuclear facilities of Iran. Thus we seem to have a conflict in the Obama White house between the President and the Vice - President. A confusing signals does not help with policy. The President has stated that Iran has till the end of the year to start to talks, well so far that looks like a long shot. The Government of Iran has stolen an election, repressed the people through violence and fear. They have created a PR strategy that the protests after the Presidential Election was the fault of the UK. Thus at the end of the day Israel will have to protect its security, Obama might want to the follow the Neville Chamberlain route to Peace, Israel has see the result of appeasement, thus if Iran does not want meaningful talks with Obama, Israel will have to strike Iran, for the security of Israel and the West.

The Obama Offer to Russia

The Times: Reports that President Obama in a speech has offered a deal to Russia, help the USA prevent Iran going nuclear and the USA wont place missiles defence in the old Warsaw countries. This is a good offer by President Obama, Russia if it is thinking straight will take this deal, a nuclear Iran is a much of a threat to Russia as to the West. One can argue that even Ronald Reagan would offer this deal, it does not block missile defence just changes the placement of the missile shield. Also President Obama has to deal with the threat from North Korea, the missile defence for that rouge nation is in Alaska. This could be a Grand Bargain if Russia mind is in the present and not in the past with the USSR.

Death in Afghanistan

MOD: Reports on the accidental death of a British Soldier, the total of UK Armed Forces Personnel killed in accidents, illness or other incidents has now reached 30. In Combat operations 145 have been killed. The latest combat casualty as reported by the MOD is " Lance Corporal Dane Elson from the 1st Battalion Welsh Guards was killed in Afghanistan on 5 July 2009. " In total the UK has lost 175 Armed Forces Personnel. Through combat or other incidents there will be more deaths in Afghanistan.