ONE HUNDRED of our personnel have now died in Afghastlystan; many hundreds more have been dreadfully wounded and in a fight for what?Do we not learn the lessons of history from our own disasters there in the 19th century or, nearer in time, from Soviet catastrophes during the 80s?
Do we really think that theTaliban can be fought in this way?
Why do our troops simply walk past the endless fields of opium poppies and not destroy them? - Oh. It might upset the locals, eh?
How many people have died from heroin addictions because of the easy availability which could have been tackled?
If the Americans want to 'fight' the Taliban - then do so with my blessing but get our troops OUT the day after we have poisoned every poppy field so it will never produce again.
This was another of Blair's wars and what has Brown done to put an end to this under-equipped fiasco we might ask?
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