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Thousands rally in London anti-war protest | |
2009-10-25 | |
[Iran Press TV Latest] As Afghanistan's eight-year-old war continues, thousands of people have demonstrated in London to show their disapproval of the unpopular occupation. Around 5,000 people took part in the demonstration from Hyde Park to Trafalgar Square, police said on Saturday.
Among those on the march was Lance Corporal Joe Glenton, a member of the Royal Logistics Corps who has served in Afghanistan before, but now is facing a court martial over refusing to return for another term. "It is distressing to disobey orders, but when Britain follows America in continuing to wage war against one of the world's poorest countries I feel I have no choice," he said in a statement issued before the protest. The protest took place at a time when opinion polls show a further drop in public support for the war. According to a recent poll conducted by YouGov for Channel 4 News, 62 percent of respondents wanted troops to withdraw from Afghanistan within a year. The survey also found that 48 percent were in the opinion that troops were not winning the war and victory "is not possible". Britain currently has some 9,000 soldiers serving in Afghanistan. UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown earlier this month announced plans to send an additional 500 troops. So far, 222 British troops have been killed since the 2001 US-led invasion of Afghanistan. | |
Posted by:Fred |
#11 IMHO, Brit troops would be better employed fighting Jihadis (and their facilitators) at home. |
Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2009-10-25 15:11 |
#10 You can't rebuild a nation that does not exist. |
Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2009-10-25 13:23 |
#9 word, bman. Too bad so much money and blood will pass under that bridge before we realize the best thing is to cross it. |
Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2009-10-25 12:14 |
#8 my opinion has changed on the stan. I think we should pull out and let the tribal bastards kill each other for a few years and then if a threat reapears go in and kick its ass. |
Posted by: bman 2009-10-25 12:05 |
#7 We should have just created a "Bactrian" Republic north of the Hindu Kush and restricted our aid efforts there, and told the Pashtun it was up to them to decide to fish or cut bait. |
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2009-10-25 11:36 |
#6 That would depend on just who (race, religion, age, ethnicity, likableness, and a host of more criteria) Was selected as HNIC? And exactly how long and hard the assholatoliahs tried to kill him. Big kettle of fish we (USA) DON'T Need to get into. |
Posted by: Redneck Jim 2009-10-25 11:32 |
#5 How popular/stable would it have been if we had restored the monarchy? |
Posted by: Rjschwarz 2009-10-25 10:53 |
#4 Is there a difference? |
Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2009-10-25 10:15 |
#3 Do you honestly think the Afghans are capable of a non-corrupt government Or for that matter Americans in Chicago, Detroit, New Orleans,.... or Washington? |
Posted by: Procopius2k 2009-10-25 10:00 |
#2 Do you honestly think the Afghans are capable of a non-corrupt government? |
Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2009-10-25 08:39 |
#1 I support the war in Afghanistan but we are not helping ourselves supporting a corrupt govt in Afghanistan! |
Posted by: Paul2 2009-10-25 08:15 |