I've just come back from lunch and I was listening to Prime Ministers questions on the radio. Liberal Democrat leader, Nick Clegg, posed the question "what is our purpose of our troops being in Afghanistan, given the elections were heavily fraudulent". The Prime Minister responded that the streets of the United Kingdom are now safer for our involvement in the war.
Do you guys agree with the Prime Ministers assessment?
Do you feel safer on the streets of your home nation for the war in Afghanistan?
37 British soldiers died in the 3 months that Parliament was in recess. MP's were falling over themselves to offer condolences to the families. Do you think these soldiers, and all the others who have been killed in Afghanistan, have died in vain or is the war effort worth the lives of our men and women?
I'm just interested in your opinions as I found Gordon's statement a little hard to swallow. If there were a direct threat to the UK then, by all means, we should take appropriate action. Until that time I'm of the opinion that it is up to the security services and the police to investigate and counter terrorism, not invade far off countries on the manifesto of making the UK safe.