From Yahoo News/AFP:LONDON (AFP) – Military operations in Afghanistan are "worthless," with British NATO forces unable to hold ground against Taliban insurgents, the former chief of British special forces there said in an interview published Saturday.
Major Sebastian Morley, former commander of Special Air Service troops in Afghanistan, was speaking out for the first time since resigning in protest in late 2008 over the use of lightly armoured Land Rovers in combat zones.
"The operations that we are conducting are so worthless," Morley, 40, told the Daily Telegraph newspaper.
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My Comment: This British commander is very blunt. I am sure there are many commanders in both the U.S. and British who feel the same way.
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Opium is the key to Afghanistan.
It is hardly mentioned.
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