tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9565399.post1220050919317111442..comments2024-03-21T09:30:11.468+00:00Comments on Man in a Shed: It is time some one made Gordon Brown explain his exit strategy for AfghanistanMan in a Shedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00990902055642035293noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9565399.post-11493795474233582272008-02-04T10:13:00.000+00:002008-02-04T10:13:00.000+00:00lettersfroatory - I think your right. But the sta...lettersfroatory - I think your right. But the status quo isn't acceptable. We've been lead into two wars by Labour on the basis of lies.<BR/><BR/>1) WMD - Iraq<BR/>2) Policing operation - no shots fired - Helmand province.<BR/><BR/>The UKs relationship with the US and NATO complicate matters but what I'm afraid of is either we need to vastly increase our commitment and go for victory as the US has in Iraq or we need to pull out.<BR/><BR/>Procrastinating, as Gordon Brown does, why many more good men die, is immoral and despicable. ( His case is made doubly worse by being leader of the party whose lies created this situation and who don't fund the military correctly or support them. They don't even treat the wounded well. )<BR/><BR/>The Conservative party needs to look at itself in a very critical light on this one also.Man in a Shedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00990902055642035293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9565399.post-86406096917439208192008-02-04T09:53:00.000+00:002008-02-04T09:53:00.000+00:00The problem of Afghanistan is notable by its absen...The problem of Afghanistan is notable by its absence from mainstream political discussion. The only reason that the Conservatives are steering clear is that they're probably not sure what to do either.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9565399.post-4399220320076083082008-02-04T09:32:00.000+00:002008-02-04T09:32:00.000+00:00Ian - the just war concept requires that a war be ...Ian - the just war concept requires that a war be winnable. If the war is mealy to mark time then it is unjust.<BR/><BR/>None of that implies the war is now just.<BR/><BR/>In my view the US was justified in attacking Afghanistan after 9/11 - which was in effect an act of war by a foreign state.<BR/><BR/>We really need a leader with good instincts and the guts to back them. Mrs Thatcher didn't go for every fight that passed her - but when she did she committed 100%. It can be argued that she broke the will of the IRA, Soviet Union, NUM and the fascist dictatorship in Argentina. Yet she used less military power than Labour have over the last 10 years and she funded it better.Man in a Shedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00990902055642035293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9565399.post-71483646887174072262008-02-03T21:36:00.000+00:002008-02-03T21:36:00.000+00:00It is nothing to do with being a just war, or even...It is nothing to do with being a just war, or even a war that we can win. (no nation has ever successfully invaded and kept Afghanistan).<BR/><BR/>It is about keeping our military fully engaged, over stretched and out of the UK whilst the slow motion coup d’état is enacted across Europe with the signing and ratification of the Lisbon Treaty.IanPJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17911432983440475284noreply@blogger.com