Siren falling on deaf ears

clipped from www.guardian.co.uk Helmand troops let down by 'unrealistic' planning British soldiers were sent into Helmand province on an ill-defined mission undermined by "unrealistic" planning and lack of manpower, according to a withering Commons report published today, which concludes that the strategic threat has shifted to Pakistan. After eight years in Afghanistan, the west has failed to live up to many of its grander promises, while "mission creep" has imposed too many competing priorities on the armed forces, according to the Labour-chaired Commons foreign affairs select committee. Meanwhile, it raises the alarming spectre of al-Qaida, which has shifted its focus into Pakistan, gaining access to Islamabad's nuclear arsenal.

The internet has been awash with erudite pieces and condemnation of ineptitude and incompetence by the British government, yet a vocal minority of pinkoe activists and blatant liars have held a once great nation to ransom. Call a puffter a name and you are sent to jail. Demand the rights of brave Britons to defend themselves and you are outcast and demonised. Come home a physical wreck and you are worth a passing remark by Broon and his fallacious brood.
Come home in a pine box and only the wonderful people of Wooton Basset will give you the welcome you deserve.
No wonder our kith and kin in Canada and Antipodes emigrated.
Nothing is being said about the Christians being burned alive today in India by their Muslim neighbours. What a wonderful world.