And taketh away with the other.
1,600 British troops will soon be coming home from Basra but what's this?
"More UK soldiers for Afghanistan"
Why and how many?
1000
This is according to a BBC News report ; http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/6388717.stm
Afghanistan is a frightening country and I cannot understand why we should send any more troops when it is in my opinion a dead end cause. The Taleban have been fighting in that country for decades and if the Russians and their mighty power could not cause a surrender then how the heck are the might of the current peacekeeping force plus an extra one thousand men and women going to help matters?
The one aspect that people in this country are possibly not thinking about is also how much does it cost to keep 6000 troops in Afghanistan, 7000 if the rumours are to be believed? Then we have our brave soldiers in Iraq too. I would never knock the bravery of those who are out there but I just cannot fathom out the cost of all of this.
No wonder the hospitals and schools have so little money?
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