The clashes between British Prime Minister David Cameron and his military chief, General Sir David Richards, have been unusually public, but it seems that Cameron’s calls for a full withdrawal from Afghanistan have lost out, and Gen. Richards now says that Britain will not end its role in the NATO conflict in 2015, but will keep “hundreds” of troops in the nation in 2016 and potentially beyond.
2015…ha ha! They crack me up. The US actually thinks that they will still be around as an Empire in 2015. What delusions!
It sounds like the Brits are using the same ploy/plot as the US to stay on after "go-home time" The US has proposed selling them 147 fighter jets. They don't have the money to pay their Army. let alone money to buy all those jets, but this way the US can stay in Aghanistan with 5000 trainers and thousands of troops to protect them after 2014. The Brits will be easy targets, so they need to pack their bags and leave when the US goes. About one week ago the Afghans refused to sign on to an agreement that keep US troops in their country to 2024 and beyond. They cited the too cavalier attitude of the US about all those civilians being killed as collateral damage.