Letter: We need to withdraw from Afghanistan

Correspondent • Published 20 Nov 2009 10:00 3 Comments

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THE war in Afghanistan continues to claim the lives of British soldiers and Afghan civilians.

Early November saw the bloodiest day for the British military since the Falklands war, yet so little has been achieved through the conflict.

British soldiers are being sent to protect a corrupt President who is supported by Gordon Brown.

The Afghan President is passing new laws that legalise rape in marriage and make it illegal for a woman to leave the house without her husband's permission. It seems that women's rights are worse now than before the war began.

The Green Party is campaigning for a swift end - rather than Gordon Brown's latest of many positions filled with ifs, buts and maybes - to what even a former Pentagon advisor has said is an unwinnable war.

The Green Party wants withdrawal of British soldiers before Afghanistan becomes the new Vietnam.

Only the Afghan forces can secure the country. The presence of British soldiers only motivates rebels to become active and resort to more terrorism aimed at British forces. It is not right to risk lives of brave British soldiers for a misguided war.

Rob White, Green Party Parliamentary candidate for Reading East

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wigwam
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Nov 20, 18:06
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I thought we went into Afghanistan to get a bloke called Bin Laden with the Americans (I dont agree with that either)the most wanted man in the world. All of a sudden its a humanitarian mission?! If thats the case why arn't we in Zimbabwe,Burma or Tibet. Get our boys out its illegal and the public dont want it, Brown and his supporters are traiters of the highest order.

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Mischievous
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Nov 24, 15:42
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Wigwam, if my memory serves me we went to Afghanistan to help the Americans because they discovered that their forces (surprisingly even the Marines) did not have the skills to match our boys and to be effective. The Americans could not cope with the conditions and had very little experience of mountainous combat. Afghanistan will leave a legacy worse than the Vietnam War and with as much the same chance of winning - none. I have every admiration for our troops, they are top people and we must consider them fully - Pull them out.

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Samuel
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Nov 24, 17:06
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And yet it's the Iraq war they're talking about in London!

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