SO ANGRY!!!!!

Too angry to say anything - this about sums it up:

http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/politics/politics-headlines/labour-manifesto-to-focus-on-bullying-injured-soldiers-200907281936/

General David Crausby MP, I presume......?

So David Crausby, MP for Bolton North East and member of the Defence Committee now believes he has more knowledge and experience about what is required in Afghanistan then General Dannett!

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6689952.ece

He seems to be annoyed that the General is talking to the Conservatives… well maybe that is because they are actually listening which seems to be a darn sight more than the government is. General Dannett is not playing politics, he is trying to save the lives of his troops and get the resources he needs to get the job the government wants him to do done. For that he needs to be applauded, not criticised by an extremely ignorant MP. The government promised the country that the Army would be given all the resources it needs to fight in Afghanistan, well that has now been exposed as a bare faced lie!! Bill Rammell’s blustering defence of his government’s record on support for the troops on Newsnight was immediately torn apart by the poignant words of Lt Mark Evison’s diary (Lt Mark Evison was killed in Helmand last month):

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/5820679/Mark-Evison-We-are-walking-a-tightrope-in-Afghanistan.html

And I quote “As it stands I have a lack of radios, water, food and medical equipment. This with manpower is what these missions lack. It is disgraceful to send a platoon into a very dangerous area with two weeks' water and food and one team medics pack.”

The argument rages on about numbers of helicopters – this is not the only shortage and it is true it would not have saved the lives of the 5 men who died on the 10^th July or those on foot patrol. But they do save lives and what’s more they allow the troops in the field greater flexibility and therefore less predicable for the insurgents. But the response of the government is appalling - they claim they have increased the number of helicopters by 60% - Well 60% of fuck all is still fuck all and when it comes down to it have they actually increased the number of USEFUL troop carrying helicopters by 60%. Statistically speaking as troop numbers have doubled and helicopter numbers (and we are not even just talking about troop carrying helicopters) have only gone up 60% in real terms the quantity of helicopters per man has gone DOWN 20%.

So back to David Crausby MP, he sits on the Defence Committee which should be holding the government and its ministers to account, ensuring the Army has all it needs. But no, he would rather sit back wait for it all to be over and then consider what went wrong at leisure before making some recommendations…… If he continues to fail in his duties of holding the government to account then he should resign from the committee or consider the blood of our young soldiers on his hands.