Helmand, December 04: The head of the British Army says the war in Afghanistan will become “unsustainable” unless it has support back home, and more must be done to make up for past failures to persuade the public of the justification for the mission.
General Sir David Richards told The Independent: “The irony is that while the Army has huge popular support from the nation, for which we are immensely grateful, the war we are fighting on the nation’s behalf does not benefit from the same support.”
However he insisted that with the decision by Barrack Obama to send 30,000 more troops, “success has become much more attainable” and that it is imperative to “stay the course”.
–Agencies