Afghanistan: 'It's a war we just can't win, and there's no need for us to win it'

"If they, and the [sceptics], are really serious about Affers [Afghanistan], they need to shuffle in 500,000 troops at the very least. Even then, the job'll take at least the next seven years. It's a war we just can't win and there's no need for us to win it. The Afghans aren't a danger to Europe. They don't even know where it is. And forget this bollix about 'fighting them there, so we don't have to fight them here'. The plans for banjoing the Twin Towers weren't hatched in Afghanistan, and Osama bin Laden had nothing to do with them.

"Far more lethal are the religious nutters, mainly in Saudi Arabia, but in other places too. And I don't just mean Muslims. If any attacks in Europe or the US are carried out, they won't be coming from Afghanistan. Full story...

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