Posted on 01/19/2009 12:57:40 PM PST by Fred
DEFENCE Secretary John Hutton slammed Nato last night for leaving British and US troops to die alone in Afghanistan — as two more Brits were killed.
He hit out at “naive” European allies for not sending enough soldiers to back our boys.
His attack came 12 hours after a Royal Marine from 45 Commando and gunner from 29 Commando Regiment Royal Artillery died in an explosion in Helmand late on Wednesday.
Mr Hutton said “only a handful” of Nato countries had sent enough forces. He said: “Nice words of support for the Afghan government will not beat al-Qaeda and the Taliban.”
Defence chiefs have again failed to persuade France, Germany, Italy and Spain to send troops to the war-torn Afghan south.
With 8,500 troops in Helmand and Kandahar, Britain has the second biggest force, almost as many as those four nations together.
President-Elect Barack Obama will commit an extra 30,000 US troops. The number of Brit troops to die in Afghanistan since 2001’s invasion is now 141.
(Excerpt) Read more at thesun.co.uk ...
Know he knows why we refer to them as Euro-Wienies.
The EuroWeenies like NATO because they’ve been making money off of the US military presence. Their economies would take a serious hit if the US just pulled its forces out of NATO. It’s basically just Britain and the US doing the fighting and heavy work and paying for it all.
The Old Soviet Satellite Countries have done some heavy lifting too. Old NATO on the European continent proper can blood bugger off.
UK Soldier Killed In Afghanistan
Sky News | 6:52am UK, Sunday January 18, 2009 | Sky News
Posted on 01/18/2009 3:37:31 AM PST by Mercia
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2166807/posts
N= nefarious(wannabes)
A=ameliorating(any)
T=Token(of)
A=Allied alliance
Time for NATO to walk the line or suffer the effects of the "plague" it seems other Al Qaeda sympathizers are seemingly getting down yonder in Algiers.
‘...It’s basically just Britain and the US doing the fighting and heavy work and paying for it all.’
http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/afghanistan/casualties/list.html
‘...It’s basically just Britain and the US doing the fighting and heavy work and paying for it all.’
http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/afghanistan/casualties/list.html
I hope you looked at the link exg posted, and take your comments back.
You’ve been here since 99, and you didn’t know we were there?
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