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2006-01-27 Britain

Reid admits latest Afghan mission will leave army overstretched

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Posted by Creck Ulagum6581 2006-01-27 12:30|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Any chance these guys are gettign ready to provide a blocking mission for the Americans as they go into Pakistan, and start chasing the non-infidels directley into the hands of the British?

Posted by plainslow 2006-01-27 13:30|| 2006-01-27 13:30|| Front Page Top

#2 Sounds like a solid plan Plainslow.

Posted by Besoeker 2006-01-27 13:34|| 2006-01-27 13:34|| Front Page Top

#3 Air Marshal Sir Jock Stirrup?

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-01-27 14:09|| 2006-01-27 14:09|| Front Page Top

#4 LOL, Nimble. That's an unfortunate moniker for the Air Marshal to be saddled with, for sure. Almost as bad as that General Chicken fella the Chinese are always on about.

Posted by psychohillbilly 2006-01-27 14:33|| 2006-01-27 14:33|| Front Page Top

#5 5,000 stretches their capacity?

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2006-01-27 14:54|| 2006-01-27 14:54|| Front Page Top

#6 OK, I'm gonna piss in the punchbowl and say the Brits, NATO, and many of the American troops don't need to be there. The western troop commitment is as large as the 35,000 man Afghan army. The European forces don't need to patrol Kabul. The Afghans are perfectly capable of, and more effective at, doing that themselves. The Afghans should be the ones leading the fight against the Taliban and their Pakistani cohorts. We try to do too much for others, and in the process, weaken them. The Afghans have had four years for reorganization and rebuilding. Let them run with the ball.

In addition, I would like to see American forces concentrate on:
1. Training and equiping the Afghan military to full strength.
2. Hunting down Al Qaeda on both sides of the border.
3. Provide an overwatch force against any large scale action from Pakistan or Iran.

Posted by ed 2006-01-27 15:05|| 2006-01-27 15:05|| Front Page Top

#7 The British Army is only about 100,000 and they have troops deployed in Bosnia/Kosovo(4,000), Iraq(8,000), Afghanistan, Northern Ireland(10,000), Middle East(4,000), Falklands, Sierra Leone, as well as non hazardous duty stations like Germany and Gibralter.

Posted by ed 2006-01-27 15:16|| 2006-01-27 15:16|| Front Page Top

#8 Pull the troops out of Germany and South Korea.

Posted by doc 2006-01-27 15:55|| 2006-01-27 15:55|| Front Page Top

#9 The EU has 400 hundred million peplez, give or take 100 mil, and they demand full status recognition in world affairs.

How can they be taken seriously when they haven't funded or commited more organic expeditionary brigades fully capable of sustaining combat, engineering, training or supply?

the EU is somthin for nothin.

Posted by RD 2006-01-27 18:15|| 2006-01-27 18:15|| Front Page Top

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