Andrew Robert George Robathan, Baron Robathan, PCis a British Conservative politician, who served as Member of Parliamentfor South Leicestershirein Leicestershire as well as a government minister... (wikipedia)
The Army is overstretched and under-manned. Iraq is a mess and thousands of soldiers will be sent to Afghanistan next year. And the MoD is still bent on cutting four infantry battalions.
This clearly states that the Government's hearts-and-minds policy has been disastrous. The coalition is now part of the problem and not the solution,
I am not advocating a pull-out but if British soldiers are putting their lives on the line for a cause which is not supported by the Iraqi people then we have to ask the question, 'what are we doing there?'