Lives thrown away in Afghanistan?

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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/c legg-lives-thrown-away-in-afghanistan-1738429. html

A total of 175 British servicemen and 1 women have died in Afghanistan since the start of operations in 2001, and it is only now that a leading politician has put his head above the parapet and finally admitted what most of us have been saying from the start, 'the present strategy is just not working'.

On what planet do our politicians live? They should take it in turns to do a stint out there, perhaps then the realities will soon become more clear to them?