[Shaun]

It's rather amusing really - if he just left now, everyone would be moaning about how much of a mess we've left it in. But we stay there, and there's this alien notion that, sometimes, soldiers die in battle.

What the Hell do you expect? The Taliban aren't going to sit in a circle and make daisychains with the allies; they have guns. Very big guns. People are going to die. *throws hands up in the air and walks away*