Wednesday, July 07, 2010

UK Troops out of Sangin - Afghanistan Humiliation

Telegraph: Reports that UK troops will be withdrawn from the area of Sangin in Helmand Province of Afghanistan. This is a major humiliation folks for the UK Army, the UK has lost over a hundred soldiers in the Sangin area. One the one hand its good that our troops are getting out of the hell hole that is Sangin but its not a withdrawal from Afghanistan, this smells like Iraq all over again! In Iraq by the end the UK was not trusted by the Iraqi Government or the US Administration. In the history of the British Army it’s the second time we have been thrown out of Iraq, the times we have withdrawn from Afghanistan is to many. One has to be brutal why did we lose over a hundred brave soldiers, was it for sand to slip through our fingers. One can postulate that the new Conservative PM David Cameron wants out of Afghanistan thus his recent remarks about wanting the UK out of Afghanistan by the next UK General Election in 2015. If this is the first step to withdrawal then it’s a slow start, if we are getting out lets get out, why lose one more Soldier for a War that we cant carry the burden any more, its been a long and bloody war in Afghanistan, time to stand down. The UK should use the economic mess left by the past Labour Government as a reason to get hell out of Afghanistan, also it’s a Coalition Government, thus reason enough to get out. Afghanistan is turning in to another Iraq humiliation folks.
 

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