I do wish Sir M Fallon would take an extended trip in a Land Rover around Afghanistan in order to gain a better appreciation of the situation. A couple of weeks should do the trick....
This Tory parliamentarian did a lot more than that. He walked from one end of Afghanistan to the other, unarmed unescorted and alone. He knows what he is talking about.
Episode 2 isn't on YouTube, but here a link to it elsewhere.
If you haven't got an hour or two to spare to watch that two-part documentary, take a look at this 18 minute talk he gave. It's as valid now as was when he spoke six years ago.
When will we ever learn?! Trying to crush the Afghan resistance never works and it never will, no matter how technologically 'superior' we may believe ourselves to be.