MOD: Reports that a British soldier has been killed in Afghanistan, the soldier was a " Royal Marine " Thus since 2001 the UK has lost 208 of its Armed Forces Personnel in Afghanistan, of that number, 177 have died in combat operations and another 31 have died due to illness, accidents or other incidents. I ask myself what will be the total number lost after we leave Afghanistan, after we leave can we look back say it was worth it, Iraq on the whole was a disaster, both Iraq and the USA wanted us out, thus Afghanistan is the country we cant lose, if Great Britain is to mean something, we have fight and we have to send more kit and troops, its that simple and harsh. If we are forced out in Afghanistan we might as well become another Belgium, needing the help of others aka 1914 and France in 1939/40.
