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Losing the battle for hearts and minds
Despite the need for swift action, as junior partners in this operation, British politicians are waiting for America to take the lead in the knowledge that they cannot upset the Atlantic Alliance. Murrison said: "The whole thing is being driven at the moment by Obama, and what we do over the next few months has to reflect whatever he decides to do as the main player." For politicians of the two main political parties, withdrawal is not yet an option. Full Article at Scotland on SundayThe whole thing is being driven at the moment by Obama, and what we do over the next few months has to reflect whatever he decides to do as the main player.
– Andrew Murrison SOURCE: Scotland on Sunday
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Losing the battle for hearts and minds
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That timetable should not be beyond five years. It definitely includes 'Afghanisation' of the security services; training up their people. And it definitely includes a timetable for how we actually achieve our objectives.
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Gordon Brown is stamping his little foot up and down and saying stop being corrupt or else ... How naive. We have to work with what we've got on the ground. It is obviously wrong to prop up a regime that's failing, but you have to work with what's available. The problem with Labour is that they have neg...
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Nobody wants to see their army fail and we have a habit of victory in this army and we know that our people enjoy that habit. So I'm sure that the British people will stay with us and I'm sure that we will prevail.
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Put crudely in military terms, it is to cut the balls off the Taleban so they can't hurt us ... But putting it in political terms, it is to ensure the people of Afghanistan have a decent way of life and that Afghanistan is neutralised as regards any threats to our country. I think the crude way of putti...
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Of course we want the support of the British people, but I think the British people are quite a tough people and what they want to do is win
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What is clear is that we have to focus our attention on Afghanistan, despite what has happened ... If we can't build up the police and army, then there is no possibility of removing ourselves from Afghanistan. We have to have the sense of having done the job properly.
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Darren wouldn't have me say anything bad, but I do think that those boys should come home now because there's too many being killed
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The whole thing is absurd
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shot in the arm to terrorists all over the world. It would allow them to claim some victory and it would seriously damage Nato
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