tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post1183666362156302346..comments2023-08-10T12:55:23.427+01:00Comments on SUBROSA: Afghanistansubrosahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00151702590329788260noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-12136239541407532602012-06-17T21:22:13.951+01:002012-06-17T21:22:13.951+01:00Thanks for the links Brian. Few folk have any conc...Thanks for the links Brian. Few folk have any concept about the work of the SAS and I suppose rightly so, but they deserve an enormous amount of thanks from us all, because without them we'd be in Queerer Street.subrosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00151702590329788260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-20030091995395982632012-06-17T12:32:42.242+01:002012-06-17T12:32:42.242+01:00Rosie,
From today's Mail on Sunday here and he...Rosie,<br />From today's Mail on Sunday <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2160439/Campbells-diaries-tell-Bush-threatened-rid-Iain-Duncan-Smith-failed-Blair-Iraq.html" rel="nofollow">here</a> and <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2160337/Top-secret-report-reveals-Al-Qaeda-executioners-captured-ingenious-SAS--using-Bisto-granules.html" rel="nofollow">here.</a> Any future involvement in foreign wars should be limited to our Special Forces and supporting arms. And Enoch Powell's views on the "Special Relationship" are truer than ever.Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06358349301959327747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-58727834648026783892012-06-17T00:11:20.336+01:002012-06-17T00:11:20.336+01:00Oh RM, I feel like screaming when the platitudes d...Oh RM, I feel like screaming when the platitudes drip off tongues at PMQs.subrosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00151702590329788260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-22460737198289881702012-06-17T00:10:37.066+01:002012-06-17T00:10:37.066+01:00It's a sad old story Itsheresomewhere.
I thin...It's a sad old story Itsheresomewhere.<br /><br />I think Cameron realises that winning isn't possible, hence his latest policy that our troops will stay to mentor the Afghan forces and police. An excuse to save face and hope that the people will forget about the military over there.subrosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00151702590329788260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-86594304125281155322012-06-17T00:08:34.887+01:002012-06-17T00:08:34.887+01:00Cameron hasn't had the approval of Obama yet J...Cameron hasn't had the approval of Obama yet Joe. The US isn't interested in our financial position.subrosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00151702590329788260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-18390185202745294662012-06-16T12:04:49.938+01:002012-06-16T12:04:49.938+01:00Another sad loss of life. How many more will die o...Another sad loss of life. How many more will die or be injured ( on each side ) before we officially hand power back to the Taliban ?<br />The solemn statements from the PM at PMQ's when he announces the weeks casualties are quickly followed by laughing and jeering and point scoring over trivial events. <br />This is what the young lad died to defend ? Totally disrespectful.RMcGeddonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01665173796157838927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-51736831372025946332012-06-16T10:58:21.828+01:002012-06-16T10:58:21.828+01:00What you have here is an old story being replayed ...What you have here is an old story being replayed once more. There is no clear cut route to success, but on the other hand, they can extend, even postpone, the kind of embarrassment of finally having to admit that they cannot win, and will ultimately lose.<br /><br />So out comes the hoary old bromide of needing to help the Afghans defend themselves from the Taliban. In truth what Cameron doing, is quite deliberate, a hope that he can delay it, just long enough that the UK can leave and declare victory, or hopefully pass it off to someone else to deal with after the election.<br /><br />The tragedy is that more young men will die, heaped upon the graves of other young men for no other reason, that they cannot admit they had been wrong, nor can they admit to being aware of the uncomfortable truth that there is no such thing as a democratic state of Afghanistan to protect in the first place. This is all being done in the name of domestic party politics, and also to cover over the debacle that came with subordinating the UK's foreign policy to the US government.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-23874815797887354032012-06-16T10:38:42.150+01:002012-06-16T10:38:42.150+01:00Another sad, senseless, supreme sacrifice by a mem...Another sad, senseless, supreme sacrifice by a member of our Armed Forces.<br /><br />Politicians too ashamed of 'losing-face' to simply do one more U-turn to reverse their policy.<br /><br />"We're there to fight terrorism(?)"<br /><br />OK - why not bring all our troops home now to be our 'Border Force'. They'd be a damn sight more effective than the farcical Immigration Service, and simultaneously eliminate their risk of assassination.<br /><br />And think how many £billions that'd save the Treasury.Joe Publichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07829909061904690380noreply@blogger.com