Today, the deployment of extra troops to Iraq was announced in Parliament. One of the units being sent was out there during the combat phase of
Telic.
Being sent back, for a second time in a short space of time, is a real kick in the teeth for them and their families. It raises the issue of the Army being so small that the same unit is needed,and of overstretch.
But what really gets me is the way the wives/families found out. They found out when the deployment was announced in parliament.....
I expect that good ole Geoff Hoon will go on holiday now - he usually does.
