Jed Posted June 16, 2008 Share Posted June 16, 2008 Reuters News Well, this is one way of keeping in with the President of the United States. Blair kicked it all off and Gordon Brown is keeping it going. What on earth is going on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebees Posted June 16, 2008 Share Posted June 16, 2008 A war on terrorism - do keep up Jed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jed Posted June 16, 2008 Author Share Posted June 16, 2008 Well yes, I do appreciate that. Maybe Gordon Brown is to take on the whole world, Zimbabwe next. I shouldn't be surprised if all this stirs up more terrorist activity. The stated goals are simply are not being achieved. Over 100 British soldiers dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VikingRaider Posted June 16, 2008 Share Posted June 16, 2008 Zimbabwe next. Fat chance as they don't have any oil. /cynic mode off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebees Posted June 16, 2008 Share Posted June 16, 2008 Wars make money they also keep the population down a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pongo Posted June 16, 2008 Share Posted June 16, 2008 Britain has a long history of fighting disastrous wars in Afghanistan and no foreign power has ever won a war in the region. 1st Anglo Afghan war (1839 to 1842) = retreat from Kabul. 1 Briton survived 2nd Anglo Afghan war (1843 to 1880) = 2nd retreat from Kabul 3rd Anglo Afghan war (1919 to 1921) = independence of Afghanistan Some people would probably think it was crazy to get involved there ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Tatlock Posted June 16, 2008 Share Posted June 16, 2008 Some people would probably think it was crazy to get involved there ! Including the relatives of fourteen and a half thousand Russians that died there in the 1980s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pongo Posted June 16, 2008 Share Posted June 16, 2008 George MacDonald Fraser's 1st Flashman novel is worth reading re Afghanistan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triskelion Posted June 16, 2008 Share Posted June 16, 2008 They are fighting on the Afghans' side this time though. It may seem a bit callous, but one hundred dead isn't that large a number considering the extent of what has been a six and a half year campaign. The Taliban are broken as an effective force, Al-Qaeda can no longer operate within the country, economic dependence on the cultivation of opium poppies is beginning to end, female attendence at schools is way up (albeit from zero). Hardly a lack of achievement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pongo Posted June 16, 2008 Share Posted June 16, 2008 They are fighting on the Afghans' side this time though ... The Taliban are broken as an effective force etc Afghanistan is entirely tribal - tribal allegiances constantly change. In all previous Afghan wars different factions have been sometimes for, sometimes against, the foreign powers. And often also at war with each other. It's mostly about money apparently. It seems unlikely that this will change in the short term or the long term. Some say that paying them for their opium production (for medical use) would help buy co operation. Instead of burning their crops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbms Posted June 16, 2008 Share Posted June 16, 2008 Carry on up the Kyber I say Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anwer Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 Reuters News Well, this is one way of keeping in with the President of the United States. Blair kicked it all off and Gordon Brown is keeping it going. What on earth is going on? anwer aftab This is all due to surplus funds, i personally feel there might be a budget surplus, so necessary to spend it that's why they are sending more troops and weapons to Afghanistan. I hope you will think on it and ascertain more correct answer then mine. ok bye anwer aftab Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anwer Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 Some people would probably think it was crazy to get involved there ! Including the relatives of fourteen and a half thousand Russians that died there in the 1980s. anwer aftab you are not thinking of afghan people that how many they died since russian occupation, they are definitely in millions, please also think for those people Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anwer Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 Wars make money they also keep the population down a bit. very cruel approach, you are definitely sitting far from war region, so your thinking is very much relaxed, ask the history, what the benefit people get from two world wars, ask the japanese about it, and also now ask with normal afghani, pakistani, kashmiri and many others in different regions and states, please pray for end of all wars, humanity may live in peace and harmony regards anwer aftab Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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