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    Capable of Acting Without Americans': Tory MPs Call for British Troops to Go Back to Afghanistan 📂 Archived Message

    Posted by Tomski on August 5, 2021, 5:31 pm

    Good grief, that delusion of greatness is persistent

    https://sputniknews.com/world/202108051083533721-capable-of-acting-without-americans-tory-mps-call-for-british-troops-to-go-back-to-afghanistan/

    Until last month, most of the Taliban*-occupied territories were located in rural parts of Afghanistan. However, with the foreign troop withdrawal deadline nearing, the Islamist insurgent group is now threatening major provincial cities. Clashes between the Taliban and the Afghan forces have been reported from three major towns this week.

    Two of the United Kingdom's (UK) former defence ministers, chairman of the House of Commons’ Defence Committee, Tobias Ellwood, and Johnny Mercer, have called on Boris Johnson's government to “show international leadership” and return British troops to Afghanistan. The demand came as the Taliban set its sights on the country’s urban centres ahead of the troop withdrawal deadline.

    “We are capable of acting without the Americans and it’s time to prove it,” Ellwood, a Tory politician and a former commando was quoted as saying by the Daily Mail.

    He has also expressed fears that the “horrific local, regional and international consequence” of US troop withdrawal are just starting to unfold, in a reference to escalating violence by the Taliban.

    “History will show that our failure in Afghanistan, culminating in our abrupt retreat, will be the biggest own goal made by the West so far this century,” Ellwood tweeted.

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