do you think our British troops should be sent home from Iraq and Afghanistan?

Question

i wanted to put this post on as i am a mother and my son has just passed his training on the 10th august and they are sending him over to helms province at the end of the month i just wondered whether it is fair to send newly trained soldiers to fight a war which has nothing to do with the british ?? all replies will be gratefully recieved thankyou he is 22 some are only 18.

Answer 1

Please let me say congratulations to your son and all the best for probably the best career in british history i have been and still am a british soldier, since 1987 the best thing i have ever done and had the privelege of doing. if someone want to become a soldier and endures the rigours of training then good luck as they have proved they have what it takes, however what you are saying the war in afghanistan has a lot to do with british check your history they kicked our arses in 1862 n probably will again the reason we are there is british foriegn policy i am a father of two i do not enjoy being sent to places where i may never come back from but that is the reality of being a soldier in the best army in the world!!!
newly ttrained guys always have experienced blokes round them cos in the reality of it all no-one care for politics its always the blokes next to you!! hopefully your son will enjoy his time i for sure will never change what i have done as a decorated soldier at the age of nineteen in the first gulf war, bosnia, kosovo, macedonia, sierra leone and iraq. the experiences i have had will stay with me forever non of which are negative. God Save The Queen. Please britain support our troops!!!!!

And also if everyone came home we aint got no where to put all the units we have!!!

Answer 2

Yes it is fair to send newly trained soldiers to war, why else do they enlist? He had to know the risks when he signed up, so it is his duty to go. The British didn't start sending troops today, it isn't new, it isn't a surprise. If he was against this particular war, he should not have enlisted. Do you want him to come home safe? Then you duty is to support him. If he is over there worried about you, he'll be destracted and that isn't good for a soldier. He needs to know you are ok, so he can stay focused. You can't change what is about to happen, so make the best of it.

Answer 3

I can't answer whether British troops should be sent home from Iraq, and Afghanistan. But I submit to you that saying this war has nothing to do with the British is not accurate. This war against terror is about idology, just as the cold war of the 1980's was Capitalism vs. Communism, so this is Christianity against Radical Islam. The last time I looked, Christianity is practiced in most places in the world (openly) and this includes England.

Answer 4

It didn't sounds so bad when we where all lied to at the beginning by Bush and Blair, but for the past few years its becoming clearer that the invasion should have never happened. Although both arenas are great culling grounds for our unwanted Taliban and Al Quaida the fact is that Al Quadia are the ones who have gained support from all this and when the Brits and US leave Iraq Al Quaida will have a nice new country to operate from with the added bonus of have 3 trillion dollars worth of oil reserves. Maybe Iran will invade and kick out Al Quaida as they wont have any more use for them. I wonder how they would go about sorting the country out. Im sure it would be brutal but quick.

Answer 5

one can only hope that the co.s who are ic in the region will put younger soldiers with seasoned soldiers that is common practise. The country stability is the longer term question and thankfully we are not in the alone. It would be nice for the troops to come home not relly up to speed on Afganistan suffice to say the whole middle east is rather tense and nation building well USA helped rebuild Germany, Japan and we dont see them complaining however. Something unsettling in the air though have to be vigilant and pray that his training was first rate.

Answer 6

Yes the British and Americans should pull out of any Country they are not welcome.Politicians send young men to war sometimes they have no choice but most times the do.Let a politician who advocates war serve in the front line and when their body's are sent home maybe governments will listen.

Answer 7

It is a great shame that we need troops in the first place ,in a perfect world they would not be necessary but unfortunately we do not live in such a world.A soldiers lot is to do his duty and it is not for him to question the rights and wrongs of any orders he is given, however we as mothers and fathers of the boys who become soldiers can ask questions and demand answers from those with the powers ie. the MPs and we can use the ballot box to vote for change.As for your son he will have received the best training for his role and will have bonded with his platoon buddies to become a team and they will watch out for each other.
I hope all goes well for you and yours

Answer 8

As is the case with all wars, especially those related to real estate and land, which is most of them, the rulers know nothing of war, thus the many calamitous screw ups along the way.

The term 'cannon fodder' can be used here again, sad to say, especially for the Mother who asked the question, and this is the manner by which the youth of the day are cut down in pointless and hopeless wars.

Mad men will always be mad men, so they cannot learn from the past mistakes, especially as they are skating on a lake of madness al of their own making.

You will note, however, and Blair for example, has several sons nearing army call up age, how far away can conscription be, who are off to University, staying in one f the two flats bought by rich mummy and daddy, and going no where near Iraq, Afghanistan r Iran.

The cannon fodder, you see, the non-uni types, and they are created in times of need, such as now, for crazy wars fueled by mad men, and remember Bush and Blair are as mad on their God as any Muslim might be, so no real difference, and now we send them off to war, to kill people, age 18 and, slightly, upwards, and these are the same kids who would get locked up for being drunk in the street.

Mother, grab hold of yur Son and tell him fair. "You are mine, my flesh, my blood, my Son, and damn the war mongers, they shall not have you".

If no one goes to war these mad men are sunk, so do not let hom go. He will live, as will they people he will be doubtless ordered to murder.

Answer 9

Are you done pillaging the Basra Oilfilds yet. This is Britains third invasion of Iraq and fifth or sixth of Afghanistan. The gulf war was about British diagonal drilling into the Iraqi Oilfields from Kuwait.

http://www.afghanistan-photos.com/crbst_31.html

Answer 10

can't stand the heat , don't go to the kitchen . when one joins the armed force , one should be prepared to go wherever one is sent . It is rather irrelevant to discuss whether newly graduated soldiers should be sent to the war zone at this stage. Mind you , most british soldiers died in the first gulf war were killed by friendly fire from US forces and most of dead soldiers were from scotland and aged just 16, 17 years old.