No excuse for Afghan war

[IndianaGreen]

No excuse for Afghan war

Friday 04 September 2009

Does even Gordon Brown believe the words coming out of his own mouth any more? If so he must be the only one in Britain.

The Prime Minister's latest attempt to justify the Afghanistan fiasco smacks of an over-the-hill prizefighter still staggering around the ring flailing his fists, too brain-battered to realise he's lost.

So detached is Brown from reality that yesterday's defence of the Afghan occupation consisted entirely of arguments which have already been knocked down and which surely no-one, except perhaps Brown, believes.

Every time Brown claims we're in Afghanistan to prevent terror attacks on Britain, a little bit more of his credibility trickles away down the drain.

It wasn't our original reason for invading. That was in theory to catch Osama bin Laden - remember him? - and in practice because the US told us to.

But bin Laden is proving as elusive as Iraq's weapons of mass destruction. And so, just as with Iraq, we get a constantly shifting stream of alternative excuses to continue the occupation, none of them convincing.

"Each time I have to ask myself if we are doing the right thing by being in Afghanistan," says Brown.

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[PeaceDreamer]

1. Get the US out of Afghanistan Now!

"Each time I have to ask myself if we are doing the right thing by being in Afghanistan," says Brown.

The answer is NO!