Has anyone seen the front page of the Daily Telegraph today? It shows the faces of the 200+ personnel who have died since the start of the war in Afghanistan. Most of them fall into the age bracket of 19 to 25.
Isn't it absolutely disgusting that these young adults have been killed in a war which seems to have made little or no progress, and seems to have little or no point?
The defense budget has been slashed relentlessly since Labour took office in the late 1990s. Our armed forces are a shadow of their former might, but yet the personnel are still expected to fulfill their duties, even though they are so desperately underfunded and underequipped.
Why isn't Brown calling our soldiers back home? If he wants to wage war, then at least have the courtesy to wait until we can afford to do so. In the majority of cases, soldiers are dying because they are having to cross terrain via land, in vehicles which do not protect them from IED's.
Soldiers should be ferried via helicoptor, as is often the case with the American Military.
The Royal Air Force has a total of 30 Chinook troop carrying helicoptors, compared with the 8000+ service personnel on the ground.
The underequipping of our armed forces in Afghanistan is undeniable, but Gordon Brown insists on saying they have everything they need. This attitude is the reason why I believe the blood of those 200 young adults is firmly on the hands on the Government, and specifically on Gordon Brown.
Rant over.
Isn't it absolutely disgusting that these young adults have been killed in a war which seems to have made little or no progress, and seems to have little or no point?
The defense budget has been slashed relentlessly since Labour took office in the late 1990s. Our armed forces are a shadow of their former might, but yet the personnel are still expected to fulfill their duties, even though they are so desperately underfunded and underequipped.
Why isn't Brown calling our soldiers back home? If he wants to wage war, then at least have the courtesy to wait until we can afford to do so. In the majority of cases, soldiers are dying because they are having to cross terrain via land, in vehicles which do not protect them from IED's.
Soldiers should be ferried via helicoptor, as is often the case with the American Military.
The Royal Air Force has a total of 30 Chinook troop carrying helicoptors, compared with the 8000+ service personnel on the ground.
The underequipping of our armed forces in Afghanistan is undeniable, but Gordon Brown insists on saying they have everything they need. This attitude is the reason why I believe the blood of those 200 young adults is firmly on the hands on the Government, and specifically on Gordon Brown.
Rant over.
When I saw the difference between that posted and that in the reply box I didn't know what to think, Renton.
Cameron can't call an election, he isn't in power. 