More UK troops for Afghanistan

It appears that the UK is already moving to shore up its resources in Afghanistan, perhaps as a prelude to the remarks by President Elect Obama that he will divert attention away from Iraq to fight the Taleban. Up to 2,000 extra UK troops are expected to be deployed.

On the surface this seems to make sense, after all Iraq had nothing to do with the war on terror. The problem is that Afghanistan is established as a nation that could never be controlled by a foreign power.

I do hope that the powers that be in the UK and the USA think for a minute to realise that conventional military force will simply not work. Security of water, food and shelter need to be top priorities for the coalition forces.

Yes there will be fighting, but the building of essential public services, police and Afghan army units need to be at the top of the list.

If all the west wants to do is defeat the Taleban, then in the spirit of Capitalism why not just outsource that job to someone else?