 Troops Out Of Afghanistan!
Petition, Market Street, 1pm. Saturday, 27th June
During a visit to British troops stationed in Afghanistan last month Gordon Brown launched the Armed Forces Day flag campaign.
British Troops in Iraq have just been withdrawn after a seven year long futile and bloody war - only to be sent on to Afghanistan to fight a war even British generals say is unwinnable. Afghanistan is not called the 'graveyard of empires' for nothing.
According to Defence secretary Des Browne, "our troops are in Afghanistan to help the Afghans rebuild their country'. But Britain has sent only combat troops, and more Afghans are now supporting the Taliban who control most of the country. Five British soldiers have been killed in there in the last three weeks. The Afghan war is turning into a disaster, and spreading to Pakistan.
No wonder many soldiers and their families ask why they have been sent to fight the war in Afghanistan?
History shows that blind support for US foreign policy informs the Labour Government's approach to war. For Blair it was the Iraq war, for Brown it is Afghanistan. But Brown's war is opposed by 68% of people in Britain who believe the British troops should be brought back.
We say the best support we could give our troops in Afghanistan is to bring them home safely as soon as possible. |
