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Quoting: John Richards They went with songs to the battle, they were young, Straight of limb, true of eye, steady and aglow, They were staunch to the end against odds uncounted. They fell with their faces to the foe.
They shall grow not old as we that are left grow old, Age shall not weary them or the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning, We will remember them.
What i find so sad John is that it seems such a fruitless waste of life over there. without reverting to history it seems no forces can win in that awful Godless country.
Iwander what goes through the minds Afghans, Iraqies, Llibyians and all memembers of the Muslim brother and sisterhood on hearing the news of british service men giving their lives to bring stability to their Countries whilst they live here in safety and comfort instead like true countrymen they would pack their bags and go home and assist in bringing the same sort of values and benefits to their own peoples that they get for doing nothing in this country . as for the guys we have just lost GOD BLESS THEM ALL.
Quoting: maurice robinson Iwander what goes through the minds Afghans, Iraqies, Llibyians and all memembers of the Muslim brother and sisterhood on hearing the news of british service men giving their lives to bring stability to their Countries whilst they live here in safety and comfort instead like true countrymen they would pack their bags and go home and assist in bringing the same sort of values and benefits to their own peoples that they get for doing nothing in this country . as for the guys we have just lost GOD BLESS THEM ALL.
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The Mates of those lads will be very Shook Up especialy at the loss of 6 of them , the memory for me goes back to the time that we lost 3 men in one explosion in the Canal Zone in 1952 that was by Booby Trap Iwas with the Royal Lincolns at that time and it realy hit home , So never trust a ba****d in a Galabiha (flowing robe)wearing turned up shoes and smoking a Hubbly Bubbly Pipe.
We will, but shouldn’t have to, because they shouldn’t be there, and should be brought home NOW!
In a ten year war, the full might of the Russian Army failed to achieve anything. We have now also been there ten years and have achieved nothing, the country remains a lawless shambles run by a corrupt regime, and its future looks bleak. Afghanistan is in the middle ages and wants to remain there, and two minutes after the last foreign soldier leaves Afghan soil, the Taliban will simply take over where they left off. So the 404 British lives lost to date will have been lost for what?
We should get out of that God-forsaken country and let them get on with it.
You can bet a pound to a penny that when we’ve all returned home (the complete NATO force) they’ll revert to their old ways and the Taliban will take complete control. The loss of life of our British soldiers and those of the other nations involved will just become more names on war memorials across the UK and at the National Arboretum.
Also never forget what hardly gets a mention, the thousands wounded with life changing injuries.
Afghani tribesmen are natural fighters, and often fought each other, but come together in major conflicts. I reckon that those who should know better totally underestimated the Taliban as a force to be reckoned with, instead, treating then as a ragtag group of terrorists.
The definition of terrorism is to terrify, which they do very well, also, one man’s terrorist is another man’s freedom fighter.
Back in 1941, the duty idiots of the General Staff in Singapore lost the plot and suffered a humiliating defeat by the Sons of Nippon.
Today, the duty idiots in Parliament still don’t get the drift and six more British soldiers pay the ultimate price for a lost cause.
