3 Quotes by Andrew Robathan

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?'