Proceeding contribution from Peter Tapsell (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Monday, 13 July 2009. It occurred during Ministerial statement on G8 Summit.
G8 Summit
May I remind the Prime Minister that ever since we went back into Afghanistan in 2003, I have repeatedly warned a succession of Defence Ministers that even 300,000 troops would not be sufficient to succeed in the task that they have been set, a figure that senior American generals have echoed in recent months? Why, yet again, despite the grim history of our interventions in Afghanistan over the years, have this Government sent an undermanned, under-equipped army there to face the situation that we all see has now emerged, which was inevitable in the circumstances?
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- 2008-09
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- Children Armed forces Agriculture Climate change Deployment Developing countries Africa Armoured fighting vehicles Health services Finance International assistance G8 Helicopters Nuclear weapons Peacekeeping operations Pakistan Maternity services Proliferation Myanmar Afghanistan Iran Italy Taliban World economy Aung San Suu Kyi Swine flu
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