Boslandew
I think you misunderstand me.
I have nothing against the war in Afghanistan, and believe it is very damaging to pull out of a war without winning it.
However, it is all a question of priorities. In the grand scheme of things it is a very piffling little affair (no disrespect to those who have given their lives there-but compare it using any measures you wish versus WW1 and WW2) and our military has to be ready for the next big war or we may lose it. In 200yrs I suspect that schoolchildren will not be hearing about Afghanistan 2000 onwards any more than individual episodes of the Great Game are known to our children today.
What should happen is that we are funded correctly for both, but I suspect that we will never be.