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2012-01-28 Afghanistan

General David Richards: Afghan campaign was woeful

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Posted by tipper 2012-01-28 01:57|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 Looks like a good assessment.

Posted by Glenmore 2012-01-28 07:07|| 2012-01-28 07:07|| Front Page Top

#2 For some reason this always happens when clear/practical strategical goals are absent---could there be a connection?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2012-01-28 08:18|| 2012-01-28 08:18|| Front Page Top

#3 Most Labour ministers supported the view of John Reid, the defence secretary at the time, that "we would be perfectly happy to leave in three years' time without firing one shot because our mission is to protect the reconstruction".

When you're up to your ass in alligators its hard to remember that your mission was to drain the swamp.

Posted by Procopius2k 2012-01-28 09:43|| 2012-01-28 09:43|| Front Page Top

#4 #2 For some reason this always happens when clear/practical strategical goals are absent

I sometimes think the strategic goal should have been to raze the country from one end to the other and leave it at that.

Posted by JohnQC 2012-01-28 10:16|| 2012-01-28 10:16|| Front Page Top

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