12 killed in Ukraine, 90 injured- Trump47

Sky News: Reports in its 4.08pm post that 12 people have been killed in Ukraine after last night's attack by Russia and 90 injured.

Lets Get Real:

The President of Ukraine has cut short a diplomatic visit to South Africa to return home, Trump has been critical of Putin, the World has condemned the attack of last night, the result NOTHING, Putin will shrug off the Trump attack, Trump has shown that he is a pawn of Russia.  Europe must defend the Ukraine or they are next.

POTUS on the death of Mandela

 " He no longer belongs to us -- he belongs to the ages. " - President Obama on the death of former President Nelson Mandela of South Africa. 

Lets Get Real:

The World will mourn, the leaders of the World will turn up, there will be blanket TV coverage, the question is will they learn from Mandela, most do not have his sense of humour and humility, also these days its winning at any cost, few of them can actually deal, and make deals with the opposition, its winning at all costs these days in politics, that is not a Mandela lesson, sometimes the lesson is lost while they myth is celebrated. 

Boer War and Afghanistan

BBC History: An Essay on British Strategy in the Boer War of 1899 - 1902. As stated in previous post this blog support winning the War in Afghanistan, if we have to be brutal but effective so be it, if that means a scorched earth policy combined with the Hamlet policy of the Vietnam War then let it be, in Vietnam the people from the Villages had their communities moved to secure Hamlets. Thus if the Taliban didn't have local support support and the Army of Pakistan could really move up to the boarder then they could be crushed. The more years we spend in Afghanistan the more we shall be seen as invaders, more UK deaths, lets finish this operation, I would rather get harsh words from the Guardian and the New York Times that lose one more member of the Armed Forces. Its is harsh and God forgive me but it might be the only result that will work in the War.

Death in Afghanistan

MOD: Reports that a Welsh Soldier was killed yesterday in Afghanistan, the soldier was from the " 1st Battalion The Royal Welsh (Royal Welch Fusiliers) ". Thus since 2001 the UK has lost 281 of its Armed Forces Personnel in Afghanistan, of that total it has lost 248 in combat operations and 33 due to illness, accidents or other incidents. It can be postulated that the Taliban/Al Qaeda will use the election the UK to stress more attacks on UK forces in Afghanistan. Lets hope the military top brass have taken this under consideration, in other words our Armed Forces Personnel in combat action should shoot first and ask questions later, a lot later. The Taliban/Al Qaeda don't play by Western rules, and to be honest this blog is getting angry at the huge loss of our Forces, if the enemy is not playing by the rules of WAR it about time we started to use the methods from later stages of the Boer War in South Africa, harsh, brutal but effective, lets win this war, otherwise it will turn in another Basra, and a defeat.