Army Chief talking rubbish

We Must Stand Firm In Afghanistan Sunday, March 11, 2012 Source: The Sun Online

The head of our Army tells Britain to stand firm in a passionate defence of the fight for peace in Afghanistan. Confidence was hit this week after six soldiers died in the deadliest Taliban attack yet. A Sun survey on Friday found 60 per cent of Brits feel we're not succeeding in our mission.

General Sir Peter Wall, Chief of the General Staff, sounded a rallying cry in The Sun. A time to reflect, but not to lose focus. Success in Helmand is within the Army's grasp. The past week has been a tough one for the British Army. But our determination to play our part in securing the lives of the Afghan people and their future is as strong as ever. Our soldiers are making a huge difference and our plan to hand over to a competent Afghan security force is well on track. Security in Afghanistan is vital to our safety back home. Never again must we be threatened by terrorists from that country. Our soldiers are committed, well-equipped and highly trained. They are professionals and they are more than equal to the challenge of this operation, and ready for whatever is asked of them. But they cannot do this alone. The support we all get from people at home is essential and key to morale. The end of our time in Helmand in 2014 is in sight. We have made tremendous progress but there is still much to do. Seldom does a former soldier ever get the opportunity to contradict a senior officer and never is the time right, now as much as ever because of the disastrous events of recent times.  But the truth must out and what Gen Walls is saying is dishonest and misleading and must be challenged.  For General Walls to come out with this propaganda is a boost to his pension and a smack at honesty and free debate and will go down in history as deceitful as Nazi talk of the Master race and A Thousand Years of...  The instant the troops, be they British, American or Canadian, remove themselves from this awful, backward country, the instant it we revert to the awful backward country it was before we invaded, in the 19th Century.  Woman will have no place in education, science or politics; the War Lords will prevail as they have for several thousand years; and our borders will be open, because of their Human Rights and against ours, to the partially educated fanatical, human bombs that want nothing more than to destroy our culture and civilisation. Remember, it was not true Brits that wrapped bombs to their bodies or packed them in rucksacks and detonated them on 7/7 on the transport system in London. Oh shit!  I will have upset every Liberal in the country with this statement, and the correctional police.