Tony Benns of this world slavering for withdrawal, withdrawal, withdrawal – and the long term result of that would be disastrous on a scale so far beyond that of 1842 it doesn’t bear thinking about.
Come on then, what would be disastrous about pulling out? Never thought I would quote John Kerry, but "how do you tell the last man to go and die for a mistake?"
The General in situ has said the next 5/6 months are critical. If we have not started reconstruction in 6 months time we might as well forget it. We will have killed too many local Afghans/Muj by then. I don't buy any of this c**p about the end of the World being nigh if we fail. If it was that important don't you think NATO could have found 2500 more troops and a few more helicopters?
As long as we allow Afg to be a flourishing narco state, I doubt we can win at all.