I, like hundreds of thousands of Londoners, was one of those who campaigned against wars, wars that were started under false pretenses to please the egoes of Tony Blair and his acolytes. Today, Sir David Richards, British Commander in Chief in Afghanistan, talks about the consequences of defeat.
Labour’s half-hearted and amateurish approach to war has practically destroyed the British Army demoralising, insulting and even plotting against British generals to hide the failures of leadership of the Labour government.
I still have the echoes of the words of the Labour Secretary of Defense at the start of the conflict in Afghanistan saying that the war would be won without firing a single shot.
Eight years later, after suffering the greatest number of casualties since World War II, the joke became a tragedy for many thousands of British families that are now told that without a real commitment the conflict will be lost, terrorist organisations could gain access to nuclear weapons and local groups would be encouraged to carry out operations on the British mainland.
London of all places in Britain stands to take the brunt of a British defeat in Afghanistan and suddenly the images of traitors and terrorists jeering British troops in Luton come as a reminder of what could engulf the entire country.
If we have any national pride left after been vanquished thanks to Labour’s incompetence and sheer stupidity of going to war without being prepared to go to war, we will have to deal with rising dangers here in Britain itself.
If we lose the war, who knows how many hidden enemies will arise, encouraged by a discredited NATO and a visibly weakened British Army. We have shown the entire World that we are weak and that one of our worst weaknesses is the most apalling lack of leadership. So, the British Army is overstretched and does not have enough equipment? Whose fault is it? Who has been in power since 1997?
Eight years since the start of the conflict, we find our shameful Labour government struggling to explain why the British Commander in Afghanistan was forced to use American helicopters because Britain couldn’t provide a single helicopter given the fact that the British Army only had eight operational helicopters.
When the British Army asks for reinforcements, what does Bob Ainsworth, Secretary of Defense, say? Sorry, we cannot provide reinforcements because we do not have enough equipment. So, we don’t have enough equipment? What the heck has the Labour government been doing since 1997? We are naked and hoping for a miracle.
