From: Ad 

Very worth watching.

If not , worth getting a transcript & reading. Many code words &
comments for those in power. Seems like it's "speak the truth to those
in power" time in general.

Excerpts:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/5250168.stm

Just to amuse .....

"The source told the Sunday Telegraph: "The men are knackered -
they are on the brink of exhaustion. They are under considerable duress and
have suffered great hardship.

"This is a situation which is ultimately unsustainable. The shock of
battle, the lack of sleep and back-to-back operations are beginning to
impact on the troops.

"They are now close to what is realistically achievable - even for the
Paras."

The newspaper reported that 700 troops were bearing the brunt of the heavy
fighting and said commanders wanted the overall 3,600 force to be
supplemented by another 1,000-strong infantry battle group.

This would be over and above the extra 900 soldiers recently committed.

Terrorism safe haven

Meanwhile, military expert Maj Charles Heyman warned that British forces
faced a potential situation which could see isolated outposts struggling to
hold off Taleban fighters.

"There is a little bit of Rorke's Drift about this and if we are not
very, very careful we could have a disaster on our hands," he said,
referring to the famous 1879 encounter when a British force of just over
100 defended a garrison in South Africa against more than 4,000 Zulu
warriors. "

Gee Rorke's Drift eh......

Indeed. There have been some very close run defensive reactions by small
groups of soldiers facing a much larger group of enemy a la Mirbat or
Rorkes' Drift.

Other than that....

http://www.guardian.co.uk/military/story/0,,1965909,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=1

Talk about laugh out loud pointed comment:

""I am confident that the nation trusts the army to do that which
it is directed to do, and in which it succeeds," he said. But he
added: "That trust must be reciprocated - the nation, represented by
the duly elected government of the day, must provide all the tools that the
job requires."

In a pointed comment directed at a recent promise by Tony Blair, he said:
"It is indeed a great support to hear the prime minister say that
'the army can have everything it needs'. I await with interest the
manifestation of that fine sentiment.""

Indeed.

Adam

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