Officers warn about plight of British troops (in Afghanistan)

[DoYouEverWonder]

September 23, 2006

British troops in Afghanistan are exhausted and desperately short of helicopters, and there is no sign that the casualty rate will fall, according to accounts yesterday from officers on the frontline.

The reports, including a leaked email describing the RAF as "utterly, utterly useless", put the government under fresh pressure over whether it adequately prepared British troops for operations in the hostile south of the country.

The most graphic accounts came in emails from Major James Loden of 3 Para, who described British forces as desperately short of reinforcements and helicopters, and berated the RAF for being "utterly, utterly useless". Maj Loden, who was awarded the Bronze Star medal in 2004 by the US military for his services in Afghanistan in support of its Operation Enduring Freedom, lambasted the pilot of a Harrier fighter bomber for firing phosphorus bombs closer to British troops on the ground than the enemy.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1879220,00.html


As Bush would say, heck or a job Tony, heck of a job.

[razors edge]

1. for some reason

the scene from Apocalypse Now where Chef just encountered the tiger and is freaking out popped into my head.

never get out of the goddamn boat.

[Stella_Artois]

2. LOL those stupid brits

They got their asses kicked in Afghanistan more times than any other nation, yet they keep coming back for more.

Only this time their spy planes fall out of the sky on their own killing a dozen at a time and their own bombers drop white phosphorus on thier own troops.

Isn't WP illegal anyway ?