[Claymores]

I know where Shas is coming from, but the Tories more overwhelmingly supported our wasteful deaths in Irag/Afghanistan than bum boy Blair

You I see as making a silly point out of the war which ires me as it has been the Scots dying in Khandahar.

[Shasown]

Originally Posted by Claymores

I know where Shas is coming from, but the Tories more overwhelmingly supported our wasteful deaths in Irag/Afghanistan than bum boy Blair

You I see as making a silly point out of the war which ires me as it has been the Scots dying in Khandahar.

No the tories voted on the decision with the information they were given by Blair, which was fabrication.

Its not just Scots dying, the line infantry units rotate on a 6 monthly basis so when a Scottish line unit is out there, it will be reported as losses by the unit name. Thats not to say all the members of that unit is Scottish.

Regional recruiting is a thing of the past, the majority of the Scots Guards may indeed be Scottish but up to about 40% are not.

Similarly whilst an Infantry Battle Group goes out to cover a particular area the support arms attached to the infantry will not be made up purely of Scots either.

You could ask why are Scottish units out there fighting, the answer is simple they are part of the Armed Forces of the United Kingdom, and they deploy as ordered by their commanders.

Or would you just like them to draw their pay and opt out of wars you dont like them fighting?

As to withdrawing them, Brown had options to withdraw the troops during the three years he was in power, as did Blair in th tie he was in power, he didnt bother, so saying he was for bringing the troops home is a load of BS.

To bring the troops home would mean a planned and well prepared withdrawal, which would allow for the safe evacuation of the troops and also to leave some form of government over there with the means to apply their own policies, in order not to create a power vacuum when the overseeing coalition forces are removed.