In recent days, the papers have been filled with news of the deaths of British soldiers in Afghanistan, with most of them bemoaning the tragic loss of life. For the families of those who died it is tragic, but they are at war, and at war against a ruthless guerilla army on its home ground. There are bound to be deaths. I notice they don't report on how many Afghani people die, whether they are innocent civilians, insurgents of Taliban militia. The other thing that is totally incongruous to me is the shock to military and media that ten British soldiers died in the space of a couple of days, bringing the total death toll to 180 for the war. That is nothing. Have they forgotten how many people died in previous wars such as Vietnam, never mind the World Wars. 180 was more like the hourly figure.

There is all this big noise about the deaths of the British soldiers, but more teenagers are dying on the streets of London from knives, many more are dying in car accidents, dying from alcohol abuse and cigarettes and so many other things that government is making money from to fund their military campaigns. If they want to stop the soldiers dying, stop them invading countries on false pretenses.