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Added: Tuesday, 10 November, 2009, 17:35 GMT 17:35 UK

No get the troops out.

John Butt, Canvey Island, United Kingdom

Added: Tuesday, 10 November, 2009, 17:06 GMT 17:06 UK

I wonder what the troops will say when they come home and find out we are no longer Queen and country ist all been given away to europe while they were away.
Gordon Brown cant bring the troops home he cant remember their names

John Butt, Canvey Island, United Kingdom

Added: Tuesday, 10 November, 2009, 11:51 GMT 11:51 UK

yes. we cant raid a country and leave! its not nice losing people but if you join the forces there is a chance you may die. the pm doesnt have a chocie but to keep them in there. it will take a long time but it will make the uk safer

ian s, dunfermline

Added: Tuesday, 10 November, 2009, 10:21 GMT 10:21 UK

The situation is complex. There are pros and cons to leaving and to staying. There is no obvious perfect solution and it is impossible to predict the outcome of either action.

If we stay, we need to work on not alienating the Afghan people, and to bringing about a workable society for them. If we leave, we should do so, only when we believe the country has a stability from which it can grow.

I fear we are at present only creating further disaffected citizens who may become future aggressors.

Sophia Ashworth, Durham, United Kingdom

Added: Monday, 9 November, 2009, 13:30 GMT 13:30 UK

Nobody has ever occupied Afghanistan successfully. The environment is too severe and the people too passionate. We are losing the control and unlikely to ever have it. The Taliban will need to be in discussions with the occupiers to find a resolve. However I doubt we will ever find mutual ground.

Mr James T Haddock, Rockall Island (Scotland), United Kingdom

Added: Monday, 9 November, 2009, 12:55 GMT 12:55 UK

I do not think we should pull out, not many people realise the job the troops are doing, they are preventing the Taliban from taking over the country and us from being invaded by terriorist, also they are showing them how to grow fruit and vegetables to make money then from growing drugs.

If we pull out, other countries will follow and the terrorists have won.

Louise, Rochester

Added: Monday, 9 November, 2009, 12:55 GMT 12:55 UK

Yes and No. We SHOULD leave, but I don't want the troops to because the risk of things happening is much greater once the troops leave. It's a bit like saying would you trust the government without question; we should but giving all trust may turn back on us.

Mike Anderson

Added: Monday, 9 November, 2009, 11:48 GMT 11:48 UK

Say HMG does what people who get their facts from comics masquerading as newspapers want, and pull our military out of Afgan. Has it occurred to these people that bordering Afgan is a nuclear power? So extremists will have free reign to lockdown Afgan and then start about destabilising Pakistan. If a nuclear device or dirty bomb finds it's way to a western city and be detonated, will they then own up and say, "oh! our bad didn't look at the bigger picture"? No, they'll be the ones asking how?

martyn, northolt

Added: Monday, 9 November, 2009, 11:16 GMT 11:16 UK

Come on Guys - theres things we don't know.

Most of you base your thoughts around whats being reported in the media and thats hardly ever accurate.

There is a higher purpose that we don't know about and we won't know until the 30 year secrets act expires.

If the troops are brought home this country will go back the troubles we faced during the NI problems but this time its different - the bombers are willing to die themselves.

chezzaj, Peterborough

Added: Sunday, 8 November, 2009, 12:39 GMT 12:39 UK

We cannot simply say it is someone elses war. We live in a global community and we must work together to fight those who use fear and terror. If ISAF backs out of afghanistan then the entire region could potentially destablise. Remember that pakistan has nuclear weapons and a large border with afghanistan.

Rob, leicester

Added: Sunday, 8 November, 2009, 03:57 GMT 03:57 UK

I think Afghanistan has become an intractable mission without exit stratagy.

John Opara, Atlanta, United States

Added: Sunday, 8 November, 2009, 02:39 GMT 02:39 UK

I think we should stop training the afgan police after them 5 soilders were shot dead its a disgrace... i think we should reconsider our postion there and consider pulling out and leaving em to it is it really worth all this hassle loosing so many young lifes young lads just starting out in life 18 year old lad i think not .. 20s ect women becomming widows and children growing up without farthers ... and familys lifes devastated by ied mines and bombs a war which is hard to win

TYRONE, YORKSHIRE AREA

Added: Friday, 6 November, 2009, 20:38 GMT 20:38 UK

At the time NATO went into Afghanistan it all made sense but since then things have changed. It is very narrow minded to say that by pulling out it's like saying the soldiers died for nothing. In fact, all that that has happened and the death of these soldiers is what is telling to do something. What we do not want is more men/women dying and 3/4 years later we are still where we are today. Terrorists cannot be eliminated as history has taught us, but is staying in Afghanistan the answer?

kareema, Germany

Added: Friday, 6 November, 2009, 20:00 GMT 20:00 UK

No.

Bob Todd

Added: Friday, 6 November, 2009, 20:00 GMT 20:00 UK

UK Troops, should not be in Afghanistan.

They are fighting somebody elses war,
and if they dont want us there, then we shouldnt be there.

Its as simple as that.

Danny, Nottingham