Union Jack Comes Down In Camp Bastion

by cofty 6 Replies latest social current

  • cofty
    cofty

    The flag has been lowered for the last time in Camp Bastion in Helmand Province Afghanistan...

    The baton has been passed to the Afghan Army. Let's hope they are ready.

    "It is with pride that we announce the end of UK combat operations in Helmand, having given Afghanistan the best possible chance of a stable future. Our Armed Forces’ tremendous sacrifice laid the foundations for a strong Afghan Security Force, set the security context that enabled the first democratic transition of power in the country’s history, and stopped it being a launch pad for terrorist attacks in the UK." - Secretary of State for Defence Michael Fallon.

  • Witness 007
    Witness 007

    The Taliban are licking there lips.

  • designs
    designs

    Modern life meets ox drawn carts

  • LoveUniHateExams
    LoveUniHateExams

    I have a bad feeling about this.

    I hope Afghan society will give me a pleasant surprise.

  • Simon
    Simon

    It's hard to be confident when you look at past and current events.

    Let's hope they can turn things around but looking at where they are in the region and their history it doesn't look promising.

    You have to wonder what the point of it all was? I'm not saying the people there on the ground didn't do a good job - but unless it's sustainable is it really going to work?

    I personally think this 'nation building' stuff takes much much longer than even the 10+ years spent in Afghanistan. You can only transform a country and a people when generations are brought up with a new reality and see law and order as the norm and something to be defended.

  • Frazzled UBM
    Frazzled UBM

    It is hard not to think that it was a waste of 500+ British lives. The Taliban is poised to regain power. I agree with Simon's comments about nation building.

  • cofty
    cofty

    Educating and liberating women is the key to success.

    Uneducated girls become ignorant young mothers who raise ignorant sons who perpetuate the tyranny.

    Give women choices in their education, employment, sexuality and reproduction and the country will change in a generation.

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