Proceeding contribution from Harry Cohen (Labour) in the House of Commons on Thursday, 30 October 2008. It occurred during Debate on Defence Policy.
Defence Policy
I hear what the Secretary of State says, but that was not the point made by British commander Brigadier Mark Carleton-Smith, who said:"““We're not going to win this war””" and that if the Taliban were prepared to"““talk about a political settlement””," that would be"““precisely the sort of progress that concludes insurgencies like this””." Should we not be going down the route of trying to get a political settlement, even if that brings the Taliban into some form of Administration?
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- Armed forces Defence Army Armed conflict Deployment Air force Defence equipment Finance Iraq Government assistance Navy Training Security Afghanistan Russia Middle East EU defence policy Georgia Veterans
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