Senior Brit officer killed in Afghanistan.

[Clanrickard]

long may you run mr bin laden. many irish fingers are crossed for you

Oh dear oh dear oh dear *shakes head*

[Clanrickard]

Are you 10 years old?

Are you capable of answering a simple question?

[Raketemensch]

If you had a choice of being run by the British or run by the Taliban which would you pick?

The people of Afghanistan might have a reason to be genuinely grateful to the British when they build roads, schools, install local services and a national health service like they have themselves. But they won't get anything but bullets, now will they?

[Mr Crowley]

they dont give a fkuc about the taliban. they want osamabin laden
long may you run mr bin laden. many irish fingers are crossed for you

You might want to educate yourself on Bin Laden. It was never about him; he's another false prophet.

[Clanrickard]

The people of Afghanistan might have a reason to be genuinely grateful to the British when they build roads, schools, install local services and a national health service like they have themselves. But they won't get anything but bullets, now will they?

And they would do all that if the Taliban insurgency wasn't keeping them occupied. So how do they fight the Taliban? With custard creams?

[Clanrickard]

The Brits run Helmand, not the UN. It's where about 80% of Aghan opium is grown. Afghanistan grows more than the world can consume. It would appear that they aren't exciting themselves about destroying crops.

The poppy is grown where the Taliban have control. If they wanted to grow poppy they could grow it undisturbed in the parts of Afghanistan not under Taliban sway in peace and quiet. I don't why I am arguing. The idea that the Brit government wants to grow heroin is outlandish and belongs in the realm of looladum.

[Raketemensch]

And they would do all that if the Taliban insurgency wasn't keeping them occupied. So how do they fight the Taliban? With custard creams?

So the people of Afghanistan live in the permanent battlefield whilst the British Army do what they do, i.e. kill people and break things. Please refrain from the tired false opposition of trying to paint me as a Taliban supporter and thus a wife-beater, Islamic loony etc. Give me an example of where this kind of intervention has led to anything but permanent war?

[bobbysands81]

Moron why don't you stick your head in the oven.? I applaud this man for being on the side of freedom against the Taliban as would any normal person.

Are there really people that naive left on this planet???

Ask yourself this... as scummy as the Taliban are - who has killed more innocent people the Brit Army or the Taliban???

[Clanrickard]

Are there really people that naive left on this planet???

Ask yourself this... as scummy as the Taliban are - who has killed more innocent people the Brit Army or the Taliban???

The Taliban.

[Mr Crowley]

The poppy is grown where the Taliban have control. If they wanted to grow poppy they could grow it undisturbed in the parts of Afghanistan not under Taliban sway in peace and quiet. I don't why I am arguing. The idea that the Brit government wants to grow heroin is outlandish and belongs in the realm of looladum.

The Brit foreign office tried to get a bill before parliament to allow opium production under license. You don't 'grow heroin' either, it is made from processed opium.

The Taliban isn't in Helmand, it's rival drug producers. The Taliban are in the Swat region. The Brits have too much control over the territory for the bumper opium crops to be grown without their notice. Satellites and air recon can tell them what's growing in any part of Helmand.