Afghanistan Re: "Someone Must Tell Them"

2006-11-27 Thread jdiebremse
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Charlie Bell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The world was with you on Afghanistan. You should have finished the > job properly. Sorry, Charlie, but the world was *not* with us on Afghanistan.Oh sure, they were there in word - but the world was painfully short of the s

Afghanistan Re: "Someone Must Tell Them"

2006-11-28 Thread jdiebremse
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Charlie Bell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Much of the world simply isn't able to provide soldiers as most > >> 1st world countries have been cutting back to basically a defence > >> force, and there have been enough "friendly fire" incidents in > >> joint task forces

Re: Afghanistan Re: "Someone Must Tell Them"

2006-11-27 Thread Charlie Bell
On 28/11/2006, at 2:52 PM, jdiebremse wrote: --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Charlie Bell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The world was with you on Afghanistan. You should have finished the job properly. Sorry, Charlie, but the world was *not* with us on Afghanistan.Oh sure, they were there in wo

Re: Afghanistan Re: "Someone Must Tell Them"

2006-11-27 Thread Richard Baker
Charlie said: Much of the world simply isn't able to provide soldiers as most 1st world countries have been cutting back to basically a defence force, and there have been enough "friendly fire" incidents in joint task forces in the past to make military forces wary of combining troops. An

Re: Afghanistan Re: "Someone Must Tell Them"

2006-11-27 Thread Charlie Bell
On 28/11/2006, at 6:29 PM, Richard Baker wrote: Charlie said: Much of the world simply isn't able to provide soldiers as most 1st world countries have been cutting back to basically a defence force, and there have been enough "friendly fire" incidents in joint task forces in the past to

Re: Afghanistan Re: "Someone Must Tell Them"

2006-11-28 Thread Charlie Bell
On 29/11/2006, at 3:54 PM, jdiebremse wrote: Unfortunately, there is every indication that the force is too small to accomplish the job - there remains too few troops, and of the troops that are there, too few of them are willing to work in the toughest/ most violent areas. Yes, precis