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Published Date: 22 August 2008
HAMID Karzai, the president of Afghanistan, put his own problems with insurgents aside yesterday to help Gordon Brown with his domestic problems.
At a joint news conference in Kabul, the Prime Minister was repeatedly asked about threats to his leadership.

Mr Brown also hailed British troops fighting the Taleban as the true heroes of the Olympic year.

The Prime Minister insisted that he was concentrating on Britain's economic difficulties and that he had a "good relationship" with David Miliband, the Foreign Secretary, who many speculate has made a pitch to supplant him as leader.

Mr Karzai then said: "Cabinet ministers plotting is nothing new. We have it in Afghanistan too."

The Prime Minister spent 90 minutes meeting and talking to troops at Camp Bastion – the main British base in Afghanistan – during a stopover as he makes his way to the Olympic Games in Beijing.



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  • Last Updated: 21 August 2008 9:53 PM
  • Source: The Scotsman
  • Location: Edinburgh
  • Related Topics: Afghanistan
 
1

Richardinho,

22/08/2008 07:40:56
Are soldiers still heroic when the war they are involved in is completely pointless?
2

donald,

glasgow 22/08/2008 07:56:56
Who wants a Brown tribute?
3

Paddi,

22/08/2008 09:09:04
Why doesnt he explain to them when they're going to be going home and why they're there? This rubbish about taking on the "terrorists there rather than the streets at home" is rubbish. if that were the real case then we'd be fighting in Pakistan.
4

Arfur,

22/08/2008 12:16:03
#2 Richardinho - we should not be there and the war is pointless but we must always support the boys.

Keep up the good work boys, i will certainly buy you a drink if you walk into my local.
5

Paddi,

22/08/2008 12:20:11
#5 Arfur i agree, its not the troops doing the job we have a beef about , they deserve all praise for their devotion to duty. The politicians are are the ones who should hang their heads in shame for the deaths of these very gallant women and men
6

Raymond Thomas Brooke,

Leven England 22/08/2008 12:26:58
Sadly he actually believes that calling them heroes everyone will love him.....NO CHANCE
7

Scottish 'N British,

22/08/2008 12:28:41
2

You're all mixed up. This isn't Iraq.

For the record, any country worth its salt has willingly committed troops, support or logistics to Afghanistan.

That you could somehow be be correct and they wrong suggests either ignorance or arrogance on your part.


8

Proximaking,

Aberdeen 22/08/2008 12:59:27
If conscripted troops fight a regime like the Nazis to prevent them taking over all well and good but I think the real heroes today are the people who go to work every day without skiving and who pay their taxes so Gordon and the others can play God with other people's lives and other people's tax monies. Professional troops of whatever country who fight in a war that they started are no better than mercenaries and deserve as much respect as we would give to Mark Thatcher and his bunch of murdering thugs as they either fester in jail or attempt as he does to stay one step ahead of the law after their attempt to take over "a small country somewhere in darkest Africa". One thing is clear, all of them will be festering sooner rather than later. I see no difference whatsoever between the two groups. Women have been prevented from getting an education in most middle eastern countries for years so why wait until now to do something about it? It has nothing to do with helping the people there it has to do with oil, .... pure and simple and that means keeping them on the run in Afghanistan and Northern Pakistan rather than being able to strike out at Saudi Arabia etc. What is wrong with a prime minister telling the truth once in a while or even, God forbid, all the time? lllllllllllllllllllllllllll llllllllllllllllllllllllllllll
9

The Former Mr. Angry,

Perth 22/08/2008 15:30:09
This is a Brown "fightback" in terms of image polishing and has nothing to do with his admiration for the troops' bravery.

The conflict there is absolutely and literally pointless. No one really knows what the objective is and when we get there how will we know? You could pour limitless resources into this war and still not achieve anything especially as we don't know what we're trying to achieve. This does not take away from the real bravery and skill shown by the troops and airmen; it does illustrate that Brown believes we're winning something but couldn't tell you what it is.
10

Scottish 'N British,

22/08/2008 15:56:34
10

You can always hope, eh?

BYW, hundreds of thousands of Scots, possibly some of whom will have been your uncles, father, grandfather, etc., have served in the British army.

With your "butcher's apron" comment, you insult their memory.

Congrats!!



11

ThomasP,

22/08/2008 20:52:41
#10

Are you apart of the British Army? From your comment I suspect you are not and therefore have no idea what we are doing abroad.

You should keep silent and stop embarressing yourself.
12

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26/09/2008 14:51:57
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