Listen to Our Troops' Concern ; a Well-Organised Public Relations Exercise, Combined with Huge Public Sympathy and Support for Our Fighting Forces, has Helped to Deflect Attention Away From the Shortcomings in the Manpower, Vehicles and Equipment Currently Available to British Forces Fighting in Afghanistan.

Western Morning News, The › February 25, 2009

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A well-organised public relations exercise, combined with huge public sympathy and support for our fighting forces, has helped to deflect attention away from the shortcomings in the manpower, vehicles and equipment currently available to British forces fighting in Afghanistan.

But if people at home thought that everything was now sorted, they need only to read the frank comments from servicemen in our front page report today. Even allowing for end-of-tour fatigue, the sentiments expressed in a candid interview reveal some deep-seated grievances that the Ministry of Defence needs urgently to address.

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Listen to Our Troops' Concern ; a Well-Organised Public Relations Exercise, Combined with Huge Public Sympathy and Support for Our Fighting Forces, has Helped to Deflect Attention Away From the Shortcomings in the Manpower, Vehicles and Equipment Currently Available to British Forces Fighting in Afghanistan.

A shortage of manpower has been widely acknowledged by many as a serious handicap to taking and holding land from the Taliban. But the men on the ground are better-placed than any...

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