British General: We did not expect a bright future in Afghanistan – Islam and Muslims in Russia and worldwide
October 5, 2009 – 11:51 pm
United coalition troops in Afghanistan is waiting for a horrifying picture of the possible defeat in the Afghan war, said the new head of British troops in the country, General David Richards.
In an interview with a well-known print edition Britain «Sunday Telegraph» Richards noted that the consequences of the defeat of coalition forces in Afghanistan would be for them very serious consequences. “Our failure would be very useful” Islamists “in the world” – he added.
Richards believes that the fighters of the Taliban should be allowed to emerge victorious from this situation. If successful, these “terrorists” as they described the military, went to neighboring Pakistan to acquire the nuclear weapons.
General British troops supported the idea of sending more troops to Afghanistan. This, in his opinion, be the beginning of a victorious way the United States and its allies in the Afghan war, says Al-Jazeera ».
