Closet_Jibber said:nigegilb said:Perhaps the British public would have more support for the war if other NATO countries displayed a similar level of concern for the global threat posed by Afghan farmers?
I will assume you haven't done a recent tour in Afghanistan as those boys definately aren't just Afghan farmers.
CJ, not seen a recent breakdown of percentage of foreign fighters in Afg.
Would you accept that the majority are Pashtun? Fighters from islamic movement of Uzbekistan (ALQ Links) have been reported to be fighting in the North. What is your estimate of percentage of "others" making up the Taliban fighters?
Could be it is time to start drawing up plans for an emboldened ALQ and its implications here in the UK. Not pretty I agree, Richards came close to calling it a religious war, interesting choice of words.