Not a day goes by without more news of the mounting casualties in Afghanistan. The MOD spin merchants go into overdrive. It was George Orwell who once wrote: "Something is not necessarily a lie just because it is published in the Daily Telegraph." I thought of this when I read a recent article in the Daily Mail, not a paper I usually read. However, this military writer's analysis of Afghanistan really hit the nail on the head. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-1198976/Who-guts-pull-out.html
As the Green Party's delegate to Stop the War Coalition I will be at this demo. So should anyone who cares about the increasing loss of life, both British and Afghan, as Gordon Brown and the top brass seek to play Britain's increasingly out of tune imperial hymn on a cracked gramaphone record.
EMERGENCY PROTEST DOWNING STMONDAY 13 JULY 5-7 pm.
Fifteen British soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan in the last ten days, bringing the total to 179 and surpassing the number of UK deaths in Iraq. The troop "surge" which was meant to pacify Helmand province has become a nightmare for the British army.This unwinnable war must stop now. All British troops must be withdrawn to prevent any more futile deaths, and to stop the carnage suffered by the Afghan people.Stop the War has called an emergency protest at Downing Street on Monday 13 July, 5-7 pm. Please spread the word now.*
JOIN THE PROTEST, DOWNING STREET, MONDAY 13 JULY, 5-7 pm
* SIGN THE TROOPS OUT NOW PETITION: http://bit.ly/ft6BP
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