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Originally Posted by Shasown
Ah I see, you dont buy into helping an oppressed people remove a tyrannical fundamentalist government, its no concern of ours? You dont care that said government did allow terrorist training camps and you feel the invasion was wrong? You dont mind that that government was financing itself through the heroin trade?
You see UN sanctions and embargos were introduced but they were seen to be failing, hitting the poor people of Afghanistan at a time of famine anyway. They didnt really affect the leadership of the country. Just the poor.
Well our leaders at the time decided to invade, so blame Blair and Bush. Even if another government were elected this year to replace the current labour one, they still couldnt pull troops out over a period less than about 12 months.
They decided they were acting legally in support of UN Mandates and resolutions. As we are part of the UN Security Council we have to follow Mandates and Resolutions - British fair play and all that. So yeah i suppose we could just say , we want...... then expect others to deliver, and to rely simply on the UN to actually do something except sit and debate is a laughable concept.
The operations in Afghanistan are attempting to help a country that was run by the Taliban get back on its feet, reduce the amount of Heroin coming not only from but through Afghanistan and removing the terrorist training camps from the area.
If the current operations in Afghanistan against the Taliban and the parallel operations in Pakistan being undertaken by their armed forces are both successful then the future involvement of our forces in that area will be dramatically reduced.
Well thats the official party line anyways. Its up to you if you believe them.
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Yes - my priority is for our own young men and women over and above the oppressed people of Afghanistan - I won't feel guilty about that! Those oppressed people apparently don't want us there anyway - many have made it clear that we have out-stayed our welcome!
Most men and women sign up to protect their own country, if needs be - not to risk their lives for the political ends of dishonest politicians or to solve the religious problems of other nations. The people of Afghanistan should do more to help themselves and stand up to the tyranny of such regimes as the Taliban. It is not our responsibility!