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We face defeat in Afghanistan
    #5811603 - 07/02/06 03:24 AM (17 years, 10 months ago)

Army chiefs have warned Tony Blair that British forces face defeat in Afghanistan unless more troops and equipment are sent out immediately, it has been claimed.

According to a senior military source, Army top brass have told the Government there is a possibility of failure in Afghanistan, where British soldiers have met significant resistance from the Taliban forces defeated by the US-Anglo invasion five years ago.

The source said that officers at the Services’ Permanent Joint Headquarters at Northwood, North London, run by Major General Nick Houghton, had told Ministers that ‘strategic failure’ – military jargon for defeat – could not be ruled out.

Army chiefs have told Mr Blair they urgently need more soldiers on the ground, extra artillery, more helicopters to ensure that wounded soldiers can be airlifted to medical centres, and GR7 Harriers to attack Taliban bases.

‘The British forces are having difficulty in coping,’ a military source said. ‘They were sent in there as peacekeepers and now find themselves in what is, in all but name, another war.

‘They cannot get proper supplies and if men are injured, it is proving difficult to fly them out of the danger zone. That cannot go on.’

When British forces were switched to Afghanistan from Iraq last year in a deal with America, former Defence Secretary John Reid said their main task would be peacekeeping. But they were soon taking on insurgents determined to bring down the democratic government of Afghanistan elected after the Taliban regime was toppled.

The British force was sent to Helmand Province, the Taliban stronghold, and is now involved in daily battles with its guerrillas. The resurgence in the Taliban has taken Britain and America by surprise.

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Re: We face defeat in Afghanistan [Re: Alex213]
    #5812436 - 07/02/06 01:06 PM (17 years, 10 months ago)

We face defeat in any war. Show me a war where the "possibility of defeat" didn't exist. Blah Blah Blah, more of Alex's ignorance.


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Re: We face defeat in Afghanistan [Re: xDuckYouSuckerx]
    #5814219 - 07/02/06 11:55 PM (17 years, 10 months ago)

Are you upset? Or do you still think you are talking to your mother?

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Re: We face defeat in Afghanistan [Re: xDuckYouSuckerx]
    #5814853 - 07/03/06 05:53 AM (17 years, 10 months ago)

> Blah Blah Blah, more of Alex's ignorance.

Please stick with debating the content of what was posted rather than the person making the post.

> Are you upset? Or do you still think you are talking to your mother?

Alex213, you know better! The same warning applies to you. Don't let yourself be baited.


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Re: We face defeat in Afghanistan [Re: Alex213]
    #5814912 - 07/03/06 06:14 AM (17 years, 10 months ago)

Their has been a lot of unrest lately in Afghanistan. Partly i think its due to the massive wealth of the opium producers and their financing of local insurgencies and probably Al Qaeda as well. Their amount of financing has led to Al Qaeda modernizing its propaganda videos by creating As Sahab Basically a Al Jazeera of Al Qaeda, Zawahiri came up with the idea. The insurgency in Afghanistan is defenitely growing larger, and i doubt a 12,000 strong NATO force could do anything but bunker in the urban city.

I expect more battles to take place.

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Re: We face defeat in Afghanistan [Re: The_Red_Crayon]
    #5814925 - 07/03/06 06:17 AM (17 years, 10 months ago)

> Their has been a lot of unrest lately in Afghanistan.

I suspect it is more the time of year than anything else. It is difficult to fight in winter because of snow and cold. It is difficult to fight in spring because of rain and mud. It is uncomfortable to fight in summer because of the heat. The closer one gets to autumn, the more likely fighting is to break out.

Look through history at every major war or battle. The vast majority of them started or were fought in the summer or fall months.


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Re: We face defeat in Afghanistan [Re: Seuss]
    #5814959 - 07/03/06 06:33 AM (17 years, 10 months ago)

with out a doubt, though their were some serious engagements in January but mostly on a limited scale "The Kunar seal catastrophe that left 16 dead"

But i defenitely agree with you, but not only is insurgents the grand problem but you have mass amounts of criminals and highway robbers and warlords operating unscathed in Afghanistan its current situation is far from stable.

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Re: We face defeat in Afghanistan [Re: Seuss]
    #5814971 - 07/03/06 06:39 AM (17 years, 10 months ago)

I was genuinely concerned as to whether or not he was upset Seuss  :smile:

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