Proceeding contribution from Bob Ainsworth (Labour) in the House of Commons on Monday, 16 May 2011. It occurred during Debate on Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan and Pakistan
Is the Foreign Secretary not glossing over the significance of what the Chief of the Defence Staff said? I think that the Chief of Defence Staff is worried about stalemate. We are doing enough to keep the operation going but not enough to finish it off, and we are turning our backs on the opportunities for negotiation, to the extent that they exist, yet we are not going far enough to finish this. He is worried about war and misery without end as well as ongoing cost and stretch. He is saying something different from the Government, is he not?
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- Armed forces Deployment Development aid Democracy Human rights Foreign relations Politics and government Pakistan UN resolutions Afghanistan NATO Israel Civil disorder Palestine Syria Middle East Yemen Libya North Africa
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