A U.S. Special Operations team member is hoisted into a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during a medical evacuation training exercise on Multinational Base Tarin Kowt in Uruzgan province, Afghanistan, June 13, 2011. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Ryan WhitneyUS Had To Cover For Lack Of British Helicopters, Says General -- The Telegraph
Britain did not have enough troops and helicopters in Afghanistan until last year, according to a senior US general.
American concerns over the effectiveness of the British force in Helmand led US commanders to deploy more forces there, effectively bailing out the struggling British mission.
Gen Dan McNeill, a former Nato commander in Afghanistan, said it was only in 2010 that the British operation was given the troops, equipment and support needed to be effective.
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My Comment: You go to war with what you have .... in Britain's case .... it appears to be not much.
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