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babsbunny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-01-08 07:55 PM
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British Envoy Says Mission in Afghanistan is Doomed, According to Leaked Memo
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Wednesday 01 October 2008

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by: Charles Bremner and Richard Beeston, The Times UK

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Afghan child outside refugee camp in Kabul. (Photo: Gurinder Osan / AP)

The official version of the US-led campaign in Afghanistan received a blow today with a leaked report that the British Ambassador in Kabul believes that US strategy is wrong and the war is as good as lost.

The potentially explosive views were published by Le Canard Enchaîné, a respected French weekly, which said that they were direct quotations from a diplomatic cable written by François Fitou, the French Deputy Ambassador in Kabul.

Mr Fitou reported to President Sarkozy's office and his own Foreign Ministry that Sir Sherard Cowper-Coles, the British Ambassador, believed that "American strategy is destined to fail" in Afghanistan, according to the newspaper.
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  - Well, at least the opium business is doing well since  vickiss   Oct-01-08 09:06 PM   #1 
  - yep, just ask the russians  spanone   Oct-01-08 09:06 PM   #2 
  - Russians? This is the Brits third or fourth try to control Afghanistan  NNN0LHI   Oct-01-08 09:09 PM   #3 
  - This needs to be a debate question  Caliman73   Oct-01-08 11:43 PM   #4 
 
Mnemosyne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-01-08 09:06 PM
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1. Well, at least the opium business is doing well since
the US attacked.

Heartbreaking. All those innocent people and the troops...
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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-01-08 09:06 PM
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2. yep, just ask the russians
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NNN0LHI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-01-08 09:09 PM
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3. Russians? This is the Brits third or fourth try to control Afghanistan
Every other attempt failed miserably too.

Afghanistan is a death trap for any foreign army.

Don
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Caliman73 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-01-08 11:43 PM
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4. This needs to be a debate question
I can't imagine that Palin will have any kind of intelligent response to this. I doubt she will even know about this even though she has a VAST amount of reading everything they put in front of her.
:sarcasm:
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