Afghan war???

[netibiza]

Have just turned on Sky News and have I heard right - are we going to send troops into Afghanistan? Are we going to war again??

[dcannon]

It would seem so

http://www.sky.com/skynews/home

[dcannon]

http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-1210386,00.h tml

[netibiza]

Thank you - oh dear.

[OBonio]

I thought we had troops in there already. So it's more a case of sending backup as opposed to going to war again.

[Lonnie]

Its all very well John Reid saing 'a safe, secure Afghanistan', but he, along with the rest of our leaders, haven't taken into account the mindset of the people of the region, and unless they admit that what they've taken on is virtually an impossible job, our troops will be there for the forseeable future

[gary baldy]

As i understand it we (Britain) never actually declared war on Afghanistan and there are on going operations in Afghanistan.
Therefore there was no war ,as such, in the first place so i suppose the answer is no. I think Afghanistan slipped off the media's radar for a while but we have always had a presense out there.

[CT]

I think it's like a peace keeping operation. Ongoing since we went to kick out the Taliban.

[buildersmate]

For many months now there have been more British troops in Afghanistan than in Iraq. Its just not deemed worthy of media attention so we don't get to hear about it.

[Ward-Minter]

get our troops out and nuke 'em into Hell.

[WaldoMcFroog]

Moron.

[noxlumos]

I second that Waldo!

[Ward-Minter]

I third that!

[chimney]

Another theory is that troops are being sent to the middle east area to be close to Iran

[tazman566]

yes it is true that we are going to war again. the people that called the person an idiot because he said they should pull our troops out and nuke them all. why not it wasnt our war and it still isnt its just down to our nossy govement and the war monger in america. also you wouldnt be calling him names if you had a son or daughter or husband or wife or mother or father over there would you.