LibLink: Paddy ? withdraw British troops from Afghanistan now

Writing in today?s Times (?), Paddy Ashdown says that Afghanistan is ?not worth the life of one more soldier?:

The war in Afghanistan is lost and not worth the life of one more British soldier, Paddy Ashdown writes in The Times today. In a stark assessment of the 11-year campaign that has cost 438 British lives, Lord Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon urges Britain to pull out its troops as quickly as ?decently? possible. The intervention comes as David Cameron finalises plans for Britain?s exit from Afghanistan by the end of 2014. It will be dictated by US departures rather than local conditions. (Lord Ashdown writes:)

All that we can achieve has now been achieved. All that we might have achieved if we had done things differently has been lost. The only rational policy is to leave quickly, in good order and in the company of our allies.

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