Losing the battle for hearts and minds

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sent by Fiore since 93 days 3 hours 38 minutes, published about 92 days 17 hours 14 minutes
By any standards it was a tipping point. When five British soldiers were slaughtered during an after-patrol tea-break by an Afghan policeman they had taken into their trust, it was a shocking episode in a war that has already wasted far too many lives.As their families grieve, the nature of the tragedy has accelerated calls for withdrawal from Afghanistan and has added to the growing public feeling against the war. For many UK voters the costly campaign has now become a futile mission dogged by problems making victory impossible. Yesterday a ComRes opinion poll for the BBC found that almost two-thirds of the public – 64 per cent – now believe that the war is "unwinnable". A similar proportion – 63 per cent – wanted British troops to be withdrawn as soon as possible.
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  1. #1    Even more so than us, the Brits cannot win in Afghanistan.

    They don't have enough pounds to rebuild Afghanistan, they don't have enough soldiers to defeat the Afghan tribesmen, and they're slaves to the Pentagon's corrupt policy making.

    British soldiers are there to die so that profiteers can profit. They are upholding their long and proud tradition of dying well, but this game was never worth the candle.
    written by Mike5000 since 92 days 22 hours 44 minutesMike5000
  2. #2    The sad thing is that "society" doesn't really exist, generations come and go, and the lessons of history have no one with the wisdom of age to care to read them. One would think the British, of all people, wouldn't want a do-over, but....
    written by smchris since 92 days 15 hours 40 minutessmchris
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